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Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report: All the Slides, Plus Analysis Rani Molla, Recode The most anticipated slide deck of the year is here. Save to Pocket

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Technology Is Making the World More Unequal. Only Technology Can Fix This Cory Doctorow, The Guardian The inequality of badly-run or corrupt states is boosted by the power of technology – but it’s also easier than ever to destabilise these states, thanks to technology. The question is: which future will prevail? Save to Pocket

The U.S. Has Forgotten How to Do Infrastructure Noah Smith, Bloomberg The nation once built things fast and cheaply. Now experts are puzzled why costs are higher and projects take longer than in other countries. Save to Pocket

John Grisham’s Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Popular Fiction John Grisham, The New York Times Since advice is usually ignored and rules are routinely broken, I refer to these little pearls as merely “suggestions.” Save to Pocket

David Turner Is Building His Story One Line at a Time Pocket I’m never not listening to music. I wake up and turn on music, I go to sleep listening to music, honestly the only time I’m not listening to music is when I turn on podcasts and when walking in the street, and even then I keep my ears open for music coming out cars and windows. Save to Pocket

Killer Antibiotic Now 25,000× More Potent—and Resistant to Drug Resistance Beth Mole, Ars Technica Chemical changes give drug three killing methods plus a way to daze evolution. Save to Pocket

This Is What a Brutalist World Would Look Like on Your Phone Amar Toor, The Verge Designer Pierre Buttin takes brutalism to a mobile extreme with new series. Save to Pocket

Theory From the Ruins Stuart Walton, Aeon The Frankfurt school argued that reason is dangerous, mass culture deadening, and the Enlightenment a disaster. Were they right? Save to Pocket

Esther Perel Lets Us Listen In on Couples’ Secrets Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker Each episode of Esther Perel’s riveting new podcast, “Where Should We Begin?,” is a recording of a real, unscripted consultation session with a real couple. Save to Pocket

The Death Knell for America’s Global Leadership David Frum, The Atlantic In an op-ed, the Trump administration’s “adults in the room” envision America in the image of its leader: selfish, isolated, brutish, domineering, and driven by immediate appetites rather than ideals or even longer-term interests. Save to Pocket

Comey Expected to Testify Before Senate, if He Isn’t Blocked Matt Apuzzo & Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times Putting the highly anticipated hearing on the calendar would force Mr. Trump to decide whether to invoke executive privilege and try to prevent Mr. Comey from testifying. Save to Pocket