Weekly Filet #276: Why older people are more conservative. And more.
1. Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don’t Survive to Become Seniors (New York Magazine)
«So it’s not just a matter of people naturally growing more conservative as they grow older. It’s also a matter of the wealthier — and more conservative — people surviving more often, and for longer.» – I have never thought of it from this perspective, but it makes an awful lot of sense. Would love to see a broader study that shows how (or not) this applies to other countries.
2. How Our 2018 World Cup Predictions Work (FiveThirtyEight)
Love or hate those World Cup predictions – I, for one, love them when they have a solid methodology behind them. Here's FiveThirtyEight's comprehensive (yet still easy to understand) description of how they predict not just the World Cup (yay, 2% chance of Switzerland winning the title), but individual matches. The most fascinating part: how they adjust the odds during live matches.
3. TIME's Drones Issue: Go Behind the Cover (TIME Magazine)
It's the most fascinating magazine cover I've seen in years. Here's how TIME Magazine made a large drone take a picture of a thousand small drones, arranged just in the right way.
4. Trump Made Kim a Movie Trailer. We Made It Better. (The New York Times)
Of all the opinion pieces that have been published on the Trump-Kim-summit, this one clearly stands out.
5. Under the sun (Truth & Beauty)
At any given time, there is one place on earth where the sun stands at its zenith. I could watch this for hours.