Three Quick Ideas: Reset Facebook, Eliminate Traffic Police, Give $100 to Every American Every Year

<p>The Best Paragraph I've Read:</p> <p><br></p> <p>"There are other ideas, like declaring “platform bankruptcy.” This would involve platforms resetting all of their user and group follower counts to zero and rebuilding communities from the ground up, with the platforms’ current rules in place."</p> <p><br></p> <p>This paragraph comes from an editorial in the New York Times by Charlie Warzel. &nbsp;The editorial is titled: "Facebook Can't be Reformed."</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg.html&nbsp;</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Zac and Don discuss the merit of forcing Facebook to reset all of its social connections.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Another Best Paragraph I've Read:</p> <p><br></p> <p>"Don’t use a hammer if you don’t need to pound a nail. Road safety does not require a hammer. The responsibility for handing out speeding tickets and citations should be handled by a unarmed agency. Put the safety patrol in bright yellow cars and have them carry a bit of extra gasoline and jumper cables to help stranded motorists as part of their job–make road safety nice."</p> <p><br></p> <p>This paragraph comes from a blog post on Marginal Revolution. &nbsp;The post was written by Alex Tabarrok with the following title: "Why are the Police in Charge of Road Safety?" &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/why-are-the-police-in-charge-of-road-safety.html">https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/why-are-the-police-in-charge-of-road-safety.html</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Zac and Don discuss whether it is a good idea to have a different government agency regulate road safety. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Another Best Paragraph I've Read:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Like a mutual fund, the Universal Fund would be a pooled investment vehicle. But unlike a typical mutual fund, Americans 18 or older could sign up for free to receive a share. They would receive a propo