Things I liked, Wednesday

All possible humanities dissertations as single tweets.

Noah Smith on gender gaps in math and econ.

On leaked Podesta emails: "Read these emails and you understand, with a start, that the people at the top tier of American life all know each other. They are all engaged in promoting one another’s careers, constantly."

Tyler Cowen talks with Steven Pinker. Many interesting points.

Ezra Klein interviews linguist Deborah Tannen. Why you're bad at communicating.