What I read this week...

U.S. resiliency, life after affirmative action, pickleball troubles

All-In E136:

• 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)