The US' vaccine rollout is world-beating. That doesn't mean it's good enough. But let's take a moment to appreciate it. ~health Article 1841 words 7 votes
I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (in medicine) ~health medicine Article 2072 words, published Oct 18 2020 13 votes
Known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns: the complexities of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization ~health Article 3212 words 8 votes
The stock market is less disconnected from the “real economy” than you think ~finance Article 1318 words 7 votes
LinkedIn’s alternate universe - How the professional platform makes networking weird ~tech social media Article 2617 words 11 votes
What happened in the US Treasury market in March 2020? Take 1 of 4. ~finance economics Article 1865 words 6 votes
Thanksgiving harm-reduction advice for those who will travel or gather anyway ~health Article 1835 words 6 votes
How do you describe TikTok? The automatic culture of the world's favorite new social network ~tech social media Article 3698 words 5 votes
Understanding measurement issues is key to understanding ‘economic growth’ ~finance economics Article 1799 words 5 votes
Discontents: "New collective effort by an amazing group of Substack writers and podcasters" ~misc Article 2543 words 2 votes
Substack Defender - A legal support program for independent writers publishing newsletters on Substack ~tech Article 597 words 2 votes
Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire receives far more Facebook engagement per article than any other publisher, largely driven by a network of deceptive and toxic pages that systematically promote it ~tech facebook social media Article 1732 words 15 votes
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers ~tech social media facebook Article 1614 words 17 votes
Uber-Grubhub: How the pandemic is launching the era of online platform regulation ~tech Article 2324 words 6 votes
Humans have been telling stories and using dice for thousands of years, so why did it take us so long to combine them into role-playing games? ~games.tabletop dungeons and dragons Article 1396 words 6 votes
The Cantillon Effect: Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don't ~finance economics Article 2011 words 4 votes
How an AT&T lawyer helped monopolize cheerleading and induce US drug shortages ~finance Article 1623 words 5 votes
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger: A jump-the-shark moment for American antitrust? ~finance business Article 1919 words 7 votes