A pretty narrow selection this week. Use the comments to let me and the world know what I missed.
Ryan Avent in the Guardian on how the digital revolution is linked to rising nationalism:
"Moderate reformers will find themselves losing ground to politicians keen to unpick elements of the era of moderation ..."
Related, Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian on the UK Tory government's sharp swerve into populism:
"The only instruction the British people gave on 23 June was to leave the European Union. They did not issue an edict demanding the most extreme rupture possible..."
Adam Phillips in the Guardian on how we lose out by solidifying our sense of self:
"Taste is problematic when it is a militant and aggressive narrowing of the mind..."
Alberto Nardelli for Buzzfeed on how common extremism now is in Europe:
"Almost half of the adults in 12 European countries now hold anti-immigrant, nationalist views..."
Tim Harford in the FT on the efficiency of being disorganised:
"Your desk may look messy to other people but you know that, thanks to the LRU rule, it’s really an efficient self-organising rapid-access cache."
How to tell if you're foreign, by The Poke:
"Democracy is a key British value, and democracy means that the majority can vote to strip rights from the minority..."
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