Trump, Kindle, Nation-States, NYC Subway, TV - Five Things - Issue #226

As the president prepares for nuclear talks, he lacks a close adviser with nuclear expertise. It’s one example of a marginalization of science in shaping federal policy.

In the Chinese city of Hengyang, we find a fatigued, disposable workforce assembling gadgets for Amazon, owned by the world’s richest man.

Nation-states came late to history, and there’s …