George Lucas Returns to Earth, Bearing Gifts(commonedge.org)

97 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 57 comments

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building(commonedge.org)

170 points by surprisetalk 5 months ago | 71 comments

In Praise of 5-Over-1 Buildings (2019)(commonedge.org)

99 points by goles 2 years ago | 134 comments

Fixing Penn Station(commonedge.org)

93 points by community 3 years ago | 92 comments

What New Orleans Taught Me(commonedge.org)

57 points by tintinnabula 1 year ago | 39 comments

Why Does America Provide More Space for Storing Cars Than Housing People?(commonedge.org)

38 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 32 comments

How America's universities became debt factories(anandsanwal.me)

388 points by car 2 years ago | 433 comments

Blog post by Anand Sanwal arguing that American universities have become debt factories that saddle students with heavy loans.

What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers(noemamag.com)

970 points by RickJWagner 2 months ago | 1138 comments

Noema Magazine essay arguing that tech and knowledge workers are realizing their work feels pointless and that AI may cause a whole class to lose faith in careers.

The average college student today(hilariusbookbinder.substack.com)

563 points by Jyaif 1 year ago | 680 comments

A Substack essay by a longtime professor describing how the average college student today differs from students of past decades.

California bans legacy admissions at private universities(nytimes.com)

535 points by JumpCrisscross 2 years ago | 563 comments

New York Times article reporting that California has banned legacy admissions preferences at private universities such as Stanford and USC.

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.

The characters of plastics (2024)(yarchive.net)

19 points by thelastgallon 23 days ago | 4 comments

A 2024 blog post comparing common plastic types such as polyethylene and nylon to human characters, explaining their chemical properties and uses.