The death of partying in the USA(derekthompson.org)

280 points by tysone 1 year ago | 504 comments

We Are No Longer a Serious Country – Paul Krugman(paulkrugman.substack.com)

62 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 12 comments

The ISBN was invented in 1970. Your books don't care(shelvd.org)

10 points by bvanbranden 1 month ago | 3 comments

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

82 points by ozozozd 5 months ago | 61 comments

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

194 points by powera 6 months ago | 179 comments

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut Was 47(joanwestenberg.com)

115 points by herbertl 1 year ago | 48 comments

The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong(derekthompson.org)

474 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 717 comments

Derek Thompson Substack essay arguing that antitrust critics blaming homebuilder monopolies for America's housing problems are wrong.

We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do(derekthompson.org)

826 points by mmcclure 7 months ago | 576 comments

Derek Thompson essay arguing that the spread of gambling and prediction markets in America will cause worse social harm than people expect.

Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a New Job(bloomberg.com)

343 points by JumpCrisscross 3 years ago | 652 comments

Bloomberg Work Shift article reporting that Americans are less willing than ever to relocate for a new job; the page showed a bot-check captcha.

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.

Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy(helentoner.substack.com)

370 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 192 comments

Helen Toner's Substack essay criticizing OpenAI's Stargate UAE project and the framing of building AI supercomputers for autocratic governments.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.