Justin Fox, Columnist

The Best of 2016 and Sometimes Well Before It

A selection of books, music, radio and TV with all chaff sifted out.

December 27, 2016 at 6:25 PM UTC

Corrected

December 27, 2016 at 6:33 PM UTC

Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he is author of “The Myth of the Rational Market.”

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I’m always so impressed with people (other than full-time reviewers) who write year-end “best of” lists. By the time I get around to consuming the best books or music or movies or whatever of 2016, if I ever do, it will be 2025 or so.

Yes, this is lame. But it’s also efficient! Focusing on the new means you have to sort through lots of junk to find the best. Wait a few years, and most of that work is done for you.