- The Coalition That Powered Trump to Victory in 2024 Is Starting to Fray (WSJ)
- Utilitarianism, Effective Altruism, Population and Pigs
- The ‘Great Hesitation’ That’s Making It Harder to Get a Tech Job (WSJ)
- The Four Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse – Protectionism, Socialism, Populism, and Nationalism.
- Meet the ‘Stealthy Wealthy’ Who Make Their Money the Boring Way (WSJ)
- Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite. (WSJ) When digital crime morphs to IRL.
- Feelings, Facts, and Our Crisis of Truth via Conor Friedersdorf
- China’s warplane combat debut over Kashmir riles tense geopolitics (Wash Post)
- The Economist’s global rip off
- What Desi Arnaz Could Teach Hollywood Today (NYT)
- Tariffs Will Reshape the Economy. What Should Change Won’t. (Barrons)
- Jason Brennan’s Good Work If You Can Keep It. It’s a review of a book about how to get to a tenured position and the reviewer, Bryan Caplan, has additional insight to add. Interesting even if, like me, you have no thoughts about teaching at a University, much less tenure.
- Cars beneath the ground via Conor Friedersdorf
- Man sits with chairs and his sign: ‘You are not alone. I will listen.’ (Wash Post)
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson