Five Best Ideas of the Day: August 8, 2018

Who’s responsible for our bad tech habits?

Robbie Gonzalez at Wired
The secret value of pride.

Andrea Estrada at the UC Santa Barbara
This terrifying app can show you why it's so important to use sunscreen.

Susan Rinkunas at Tonic
How your gut bacteria might help you lose weight.

Joe Dangor at the Mayo Clinic
Can public pensions be saved?

Alex Bergstein and W. Gordon Hamlin Jr. in Bloomberg Opinion