“You would bomb the thing, for sure. You might not understand a single question. And yet as disorienting as that experience might feel, it would alter how you subsequently tuned into the course itself — and could sharply improve your overall performance.” NYT Mag’s Benedict Carey explains why flunking exams is actually a good thing.

+ “In a time when America is more divided than ever, Nelson could be the one thing that everybody agrees on.” From Rolling Stone: All Roads Lead to Willie Nelson. (Just follow the smoke signals…)

+ How Anonymous incited online vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson. David Kushner on The Masked Avengers.