American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were(derekthompson.org)

82 points by ozozozd 5 months ago | 61 comments

Attack of the Sadistic Zombies – Paul Krugman(paulkrugman.substack.com)

23 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 2 comments

America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints(noahpinion.blog)

199 points by jxmorris12 1 year ago | 261 comments

Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead(davidoks.blog)

194 points by powera 6 months ago | 179 comments

How China's “debt traps” work(noahpinion.blog)

110 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 84 comments

The A.I. Monarchy(substack.com)

163 points by zuzuleinen 1 year ago | 190 comments

Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals(ft.com)

447 points by kvee 1 year ago | 2007 comments

Financial Times article examining why the US economy is outperforming other major economies, shown behind a subscription paywall.

We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI(derekthompson.org)

11 points by abe94 24 days ago | 8 comments

A paid Substack essay by Derek Thompson arguing the AI buildout has raised costs rather than delivering cheap abundance, fueling American hostility to AI.

Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place(stephendiehl.com)

325 points by ibobev 4 months ago | 407 comments

Stephen Diehl blog post criticizing the state of crypto in 2026, citing a presidential memecoin, prediction markets on military actions, and shadow dollar systems.

How to live on $432 a month in America(shagbark.substack.com)

446 points by cactusplant7374 1 year ago | 636 comments

A Substack essay by A.M. Hickman describing how he lives on $432 a month for all expenses in rural America.

I know why the mathematicians weep(derekthompson.org)

342 points by RickJWagner 11 days ago | 561 comments

Derek Thompson essay on his Substack about technological grief, using mathematicians' reactions to AI advances as a lens.

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.