Less than two weeks to go. It’s still baffling that a few hundred thousand people in a handful of swing states get to decide the most consequential election for the entire world. Let’s for a brief moment take a step back from the stakes and all the anxiety that comes with it – the FT has created a really intriguing game that challenges you to allocate scarce resources to ten close races, and compete with more than 180000 players to win the election. It’s a good distraction.

From Weekly Filet #501, in October 2024.