Ocean floor mining may finally happen, though plenty of people are having their usual reaction to any suggestion that technological civilization might need natural resources to continue operation.
Scott Alexander: The Tails Coming Apart As Metaphor For Life. I'm not sure how to describe this, but definitely recommend reading it.
Mental health research: treating the prodrome.
New from LessWrong: Strategies for Personal Growth. Old from LessWrong: Reason as a memetic immune disorder.
Arguably related: Duncan Sabien on the representativeness heuristic and Bryan Caplan discussing understated cultural differences.
Russia plans to stop transporting US astronauts starting early next year. Given the recent Soyuz leak, that might not be the worst thing, but it's unclear whether commercial crew capsules will be flying by that date.
American Enterprise Institute reports that the middle class is shrinking, but because household inflation-adjusted income is rising. Their data suggests that the number of households making less than $35,000 has also been falling over the last fifty years.
On the subject of increasing your income: here's the College Info Geek podcast on how to start investing, even in debt.
