Today I found a refreshing article that shows the waste of energy spent on trying to force cyclists to wear helmets and why that energy should be focused instead on making streets safer for cycling. Here’s a fun excerpt: “That’s more or less what the infamous helmet debate has become,” Hussey lamented. “Shouty strangers shouting at other shouty strangers for...

False fire alarms can be dangerous. If there was no false alarm in the first place, everyone would respond to the sound of a fire alarm and leave the premises. But false alarms alter the way people react to fire alarms. If there are fake alarms people stop immediately reacting. When there are many false alarms for fire the people do not even turn their heads from their...