There’s an interesting essay by David Brooks in this month’s Atlantic, on cultural, racial, economic and religious diversity and human nature. He notes that for all the talk, there's remarkably little real diversity in the world. “Many of us live in absurdly unlikely groupings, because we have organized our lives that way,” he writes. "We are finding places where we are comfortable and where we feel we can flourish.”

He suggests changing the approach.

It’s probably better to think about diverse lives, not diverse institutions. Human beings, if they are to live well, will have to move through a series of institutions and environments, which may be individually homogeneous but, taken together, will offer diverse experience.

There’s no link yet. When one is available (usually around the middle of the month), I’ll post it. In the meantime, buy the magazine: there's lots more good stuff this month. (A diversity of opinion, you might say.)