Elf Sternberg

Interesting, mostly. His argument about abortion is compelling, and it's fascinating to see how many people have tried to take it down afterwards. His story about how so much economic data about drug dealing fell into his hands is great stuff-- if a bit terrifying for the parties involved-- and his explanation for how to analyze sport data for signs of cheating is actually useful.

Still, the most important lesson here is always the one about incentives: who gets them, what they mean to people, how to make them sound positive. It felt to me as if a point had been made about my own stories, transposing the moral obligation to support writing into a mere financial obligation by charging for the stories rather than asking for donations.