There’s a new best-selling storyline sweeping across the shelves of independent bookstores: Hope. From Harvard Business School: How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon. (Every retailer in America should be visiting these stores to figure out how the giant’s first victim is still alive and well.)

+ “There are kids growing up in families where the only access to the internet they ever see is their parents scrolling up and down Facebook on a smartphone. That is not preparing them to be adults in the society we have.” How a Retired Nurse Provides Her Small Vermont Town With Internet. (If net neutrality gets rolled back, we should all sign up for her service…)