The Fediverse is an opportunity learned societies can't ignore(blogs.lse.ac.uk)

179 points by jbotz 2 years ago | 170 comments

Cisco Systems and Financialization(ineteconomics.org)

52 points by hunglee2 3 years ago | 36 comments

MNT Pocket Reform first impressions and hardware(andypiper.co.uk)

127 points by andypiper 2 years ago | 52 comments

The Rot Economy(wheresyoured.at)

289 points by hodgesrm 3 years ago | 144 comments

Workers are stuck in place because everyone is too afraid of a recession to quit(boredbat.com)

105 points by paulpauper 2 years ago | 80 comments

Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis(cfr.org)

74 points by eatonphil 3 years ago | 60 comments

The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community(afterbabel.com)

684 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 627 comments

An After Babel Substack essay by Seth Kaplan arguing that the loss of community is the upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

The Lost Art of Research as Leisure(kasurian.com)

450 points by altilunium 1 year ago | 246 comments

A Kasurian newsletter essay by Mariam Mahmoud on the decline of amateur researchers and how to revive research as a leisure activity.

The Corporate Happiness Treadmill and the Case for Doing Less(0xff.nu)

37 points by hxii 15 days ago | 31 comments

A personal blog essay arguing against the corporate pursuit of constant growth and happiness, advocating for doing less at work to avoid burnout.

My old job feels distant now(pinecoder.dev)

28 points by speckx 10 days ago | 27 comments

A personal blog post on pinecoder.dev reflecting on how the author's previous job now feels distant.