Apologies for the disruption of the usual pattern, but as before, we’re publishing the short story discussion from America This Week separately. On “Bartleby The Scrivener” by Herman Melville: Matt Ta
At camp, David Brooks gave Peter Marks a lift. Credit... Photo illustration by Thomas Sauvin; photograph via the Marks family Opinion How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair? At camp, David Brooks gave P
Shells, Shells, And More Shells Let’s discuss the prospects of sustainment for both sides, Nato/Ukraine vs. Russia. We know that Ukraine uses a purported 5,000-6,000 shells per day, and that Russia ha
Dear SaaStr: How Do Enterprises Decide Which Software Vendor to Sign a Deal With? 75%-90% of the time, enterprises have already made a tentative decision which vendor to choose before they pick up the
With Bard, its newly launched "experimental conversational AI service," Google is scrambling to ship AI products. But past scandals, botched launches and a talent drain have put it in a surprise posit
I’m coming to you from Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, where just a few hours ago, Microsoft announced that the next version of the Bing search engine would be powered by OpenAI, the company that makes
Earlier this week, Bret Easton Ellis visited The UnHerd Club to celebrate the publication of The Shards, his first novel in 13 years. Below is an edited transcript of his conversation with Jacob Fured
I am a 42-year-old St. Louis native, a queer woman, and politically to the left of Bernie Sanders. My worldview has deeply shaped my career. I have spent my professional life providing counseling to v
In his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden revisited the idea of a special tax on billionaires. So given that recycled proposal — and the fact that I’m sick — I thought it would
Cureus. 2020 May; 12(5): e8094. Published online 2020 May 13. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8094 PMCID: PMC7292717 PMID: 32542149 The Prevalence of Autoimmune Disorders in Women: A Narrative Review Monitoring E
In early October 2021 President Joe Biden, the CIA director William Burns and other top members of the US’s national security team gathered in the Oval Office to hear a disturbing briefing from US mil
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BURSA, TURKIYE - JANUARY 19: Lenticular clouds appear over Turkiye's Bursa province at early times ... [+] of the morning on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Sinan Balcikoca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
As a round, orange-tinted cloud hovered Thursday over Bursa, Turkey, it might have looked like a flying saucer was about to land. But it was just a lenticular cloud — not uncommon in the vicinity of t
It’s hard to be a proud American these days. We can still admire our great history, our high standard of living, and our incredible landscapes, but none of that changes the grim state of the nation. W
If you want to be a great leader, you need to develop a worldview. You might think you don't have one—but you probably do. It's just implicit rather than explicitly articulated. A worldview is a belie
By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Why Do I Keep Thinking 0DTE stands for Zero Dark Thirty? There is a lot to talk about this week: How we nailed the inflation story and got the Powell presser more
Peter C Gøtzsche, Institute for Scientific Freedom If you get cancer, one of the most important questions is to decide if you should accept or decline chemotherapy. By far most patients accept chemoth
Welcome to the Tuesday Report, a brand new weekly Pirate Wires news product. Henceforth, in addition to my bi-weekly piece (“Pirate Wires”), our team’s special features, and an assorted selection of w
Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe 58 min read · May 8, 2022 -- Photo by UX Gun on Unsplash If you prefer to read this essay as a book Thi
Five years ago to this day, Bill Bishop relaunched his China newsletter, Sinocism , and for the first time introduced paid subscriptions. He did it on a brand new platform called Substack. Bill had be
Once upon a Christmas Dinner in 2019, I enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of a friend of mine and his mother who welcomed me into their home for the holiday that year. After dinner, I recall briefly
Hi there and a warm welcome to the new members 👋 I’m back from a long writing break, so today I have something special for you: A Learning Path to help aspiring and growing Product Managers break into
Nothing since then has altered Hedgeye’s outlook. If anything, McCullough is only more critical of the Fed’s complicity in the financial pain that many shareholders and businesses are experiencing. Th
ELECTRIC GUITAR WEEK : For a company with such a rich history, you could forgive Fender for wanting to focus on the past as it moves into the future. But it couldn’t be more different. While its new F
Identifying and understanding your core motivational drive—what truly moves you , daily—is one of the most powerful Anti-Mimetic tactics that I have ever discovered. There is no doubt that motivationa
Ukrainian servicemen are seen near the frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Soledar in Donetsk region. Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters How does this end? Increasingly, this question
Hello friend. Welcome to Physiology Friday! I hope you’re learning something new and exciting each week from this newsletter. Thanks for your interest in my writing. Physiology Friday Newsletter is a
SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL In the series ‘Untangling Disinformation,’ National Public Radio (NPR) published an article, ‘ She was a Yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories .’ The central the
Education is expensive because you’re paying for more than learning. You’re paying for the status of the degree, the ability to participate in the community, a planned course list and curriculum, the
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Here is how platforms die: First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw bac
Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning faster than the planet's surface and might now be rotating slower than it, research suggested on Monday. Roughly 5,000 kilom
As product-led growth (PLG) becomes more popular, we’re starting to see companies apply PLG techniques in totally new and different settings where they hadn’t been before. One example I’ve been follow
F or the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a Russian delegation is absent from Davos . After a year of indecision, the West has finally managed to wean itself off the allure of cheap
Party’s Over, Pleb. 14 min read · Nov 6, 2022 -- For most of the modern era, most people in the rich world have been poor, just like their parents and their children. Social mobility was more dream th
May 24, 2011: [Follow Me on Twitter] “ Don’t you know that you are a shooting star, And all the world will love you just as long, As long as you are.” — Paul Rodgers, Shooting Star With the IPO market
Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment, laying off staff and abandoning fundraising plans in response to the downturn in the