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I keep thinking about lists, although not at all the modern kind, the click-bait listicles about the 14 ways to spice up your spice rack (number 8 will make you hot).

No, I'm talking about ordinary, conventional, old-fashioned, all-American lists that have served so many of us so well for so long, particularly when it comes to remembering to pick up milk.

Benjamin Franklin was a big fan of lists. He once made up a list of faults he wanted to work on, focusing on one a week, although he was honestly surprised to find out he had so many of them. That's the thing about lists – they don't li...