Even in its earliest days, you could have predicted much of what the Internet would spawn; the draw of adult content, the popularity of cat videos, the human interaction afforded by social networking and games, the emergence of self-made celebrities and trolls. But no one could have predicted that the fastest growing company of the Internet era would be a new-fangled taxi company. As FastCo's Max Chafkin explains in his expansive portrait of Uber leader Travis Kalanic, the company is not only big and growing, it's having an enormous global impact: "No other one-tap-economy company has changed society like Uber has."

+ When I first read this Reuters headline, I thought it was referring to an act of war: Uber to enter 100 more Chinese cities in next 12 months.

"No one on Dr. Lee's staff at the University of Utah Health Care could say what a minute in an M.R.I. machine or an hour in the operating room actually costs. They chuckled when she asked." The NYT's Gina Kolata takes you inside a Utah hospital where two seemingly impossible things are happening. The people running the place are figuring out how much their goods and services actually cost. And the price of health care is coming down.

Germany has agreed to take in hundreds of thousands of new refugees a year as the European Commission works to draft a plan to find home countries for more of those fleeing from Syria and other war torn regions.

+ Toothbrush. Toothpaste. Marshmallows. The International Rescue Committee gives you a glimpse of what the refugees take with them when they leave their homes.

+ James O'Malley in The Independent: Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you're an idiot. (In 2015, I'm less surprised that refugees have cell phones and more surprised that humans still force millions of other humans to run for their lives.)

Mardy Fish lost an early round match at this year's U.S. Open. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a person who had a longer-lasting impact on the tournament and beyond. Fish left tennis several years ago after suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. He made it all the way back for one more Open. But much more importantly, he is being open about his personal struggles: "I think it's important that my story not have a sports vocabulary. I didn't 'choke' in Act Two, and I'm not going to 'win' in Act Three." Mardy Fish on The Weight.

"Rachel and her partner started this. They are really the reason we are where we are." I love a good story or a funny feature, but there's nothing better than journalism that really makes a difference. Here's a great example from the Columbia Journalism Review: How an Ohio reporter helped convict more than 100 rapists.

Kim Davis refused to grant marriage licenses to gay couples in the name of her religious beliefs. A judge sent her to jail (she's since been released). Eugene Volokh provides some answers to the question: When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? (My Rabbi has asked that I not answer that question at this time.)

Momo is a "a googly eyed, heartwarming breakthrough." Momo is also a clone. Tech Insider's Drake Baer headed to South Korea to visit the lab where, for 100K, you can clone your pet. And that's just the start. (This clearly ends with humans eating dry food out of a bowl on the ground.)

"For decades, the Cold War was played on the field, the pitch, and the basketball court. Victories for individual athletes were seen as triumphs for superpowers, for capitalist or communist ways of life." Buzzfeed's Shaun Raviv shares the lost, true story of the CIA's greatest basketball coach.

In Vox, Julia Belluz shares the latest evidence that paleolithic people went to great lengths to eat carbs. And Nat Geo with a brief history of cooking with fire.

+ In more important carb news, the battle for what's clearly right has been lost at Murray's Bagels in NYC, where you can now get your fresh bagels toasted.

Stephen Colbert's new talk show debuts tonight. More importantly, his first batch of potentially viral video excerpts debuts tomorrow. Ahead of the much anticipated show, Colbert gets some advice from his late night competitors.

+ This guy solved a Rubik's cube while in freefall.

+ Canada launched Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The United States countered with candidate Donald Trump. And then Canada went nuclear with Jerry Bance, a candidate who was caught on film urinating into someone's coffee mug. Your move U.S.

+ "OK, I have to keep this really, really short because I'm on a Technology Shabbat right now."

+ And I've set up a page with all entries in the Just Admit It series. Read and follow them here.