Here are a couple of articles to which I’ll be referring during lecture. You don’t HAVE to read them, but if you’re interested. . . .

• George Packer, Change the World, New Yorker, May 27 2013
• Atul Gawande, Slow Change, New Yorker, July 29 2013

Neither piece is particularly long, and each is packed with goodness—so give ’em a try!