October 2024

Saturday, 5 October 2024

Make-work is not the future of work

Noah Smith: “Stasis looks free in the short term, and it makes some people feel like the world is safer and more predictable, but, it eventually makes the economy poorer.”

Friday, 4 October 2024

China Used to be a One-Way Street of Happiness and Rising Prosperity, But That’s Over Now

Mark Dittli, The Market: “40 years is long enough to erode the memories of many people. But what is very important is that Xi always says what he thinks. He has always done that, but for a long time it was not noticed in the Western world.”

Thursday, 3 October 2024

The iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review: Control

Sebastiaan de With: “Recall the introduction of the iPhone as a phone, an internet communicator, and an iPod. Notably lacking? The camera. This iPhone is a camera. Maybe the first, if you were to define a camera as a device that has dedicated control for it.”

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

The Abandonment of Ukraine

Karl Marlantes and Elliot Ackerman, The Atlantic: “Achilles made his appeal with an urgency that American policy makers don’t seem to share. The speed of innovation on the battlefield has made some long-awaited Western weapons systems all but obsolete by the time they were delivered.”