Derek Thompson

This thread is absolutely spectacular and devastating. The simple truth is that Americans die astonishingly early for a wealthy nation. We are the rich death trap of the west.

congrats! also it’s a good show and you should watch it some time

Just a fantastic piece.

Really interesting analysis of the SVB collapse. The business of banks is trust, and trust can be lost with bad communication, and this seems to be a financial crisis compounded by awful comms.

good book on that topic. just marxist enough to be interesting.

This story is incredible

This is a really interesting essay by @mattyglesias on the possibility—highlighted by several studies—that liberal teens are considerably more depressed than moderate or conservatives.

Amazing thread on that big mask meta-analysis. TLDR: - The mask-effectiveness literature is infuriatingly scattershot - The Cochrane analysis is deeply flawed in often hilarious ways - The only thing to be said confidently is that the Bret Stephens column was very terrible

If you want to feel educated about the dark side of Bing's artificial intelligence and don't mind signing up for a week of nightmares about AGI, I strongly recommend reading this essay

If you’re out there, scared and worried about the US-China dirigible wars to come, and desperate for some good old fashioned jingoistic balloon content, here ya go

Good thread on the possibility of a soft landing for the economy. The big question was whether we could get low unemployment, slowing wage growth, moderating core inflation, and stabilized lower energy prices, all at once. Fingers crossed: for now, we’re getting it.

Good thread on a key (happy!) mystery of the US economy. Economies dealing with high inflation aren’t supposed to be able to reduce inflation with a booming jobs market. But … it’s … happening? So WTH is going on?