Sunday assorted links
1. Is the gene-sequencing company Illumina a monopoly? (NYT)
2. “In short: the more one’s intellectual contributions are defined by strengths, where those strengths also essentially depend on a broad base, the more your regional background is likely to shape your intellectual contributions.” More Nate Meyvis. And Nate on the value of T-shaped reading plans.
4. People on Twitter are using more political identifiers than before. And more yet if you count pronouns.