What I read this week...

The two charts President Biden wants voters to see (Semafor)

How to Do Great Work (Paul Graham)

The New 1970s (Noah Smith)

Utility Companies Sell Wind, Solar Farms to Shore Up U.S. Power Grid (WSJ)

Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny (AP)

Affirmative action for white college applicants is still here (Vox)

For Most College Students, Affirmative Action Was Never Enough (NYT)

Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind (New Yorker)

Maximum Canada is happening (Noah Smith)

China Restricts Exports of Two Minerals Used in High-Performance Chips (WSJ)

How Real Is Smoke Brain? (The Atlantic)

Singapore Home Prices Fall for First Time in Three Years (Bloomberg)

The rich are different: Unravelling the perceived and self-reported personality profiles of high-net-worth individuals (British Journal of Psychology)

Pickleball Injuries May Cost Americans Nearly $400 Million This Year, According to UBS (Bloomberg)

Shattered Nerves, Sleepless Nights: Pickleball Noise Is Driving Everyone Nuts (NYT)