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1910: The Year the Modern World Lost Its Mind
What one of my favorite history books about my favorite historical period—turn-of-the-century American—tells us about technology, anxiety, and human…
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How AI Conquered the US Economy: A Visual FAQ
Artificial intelligence is the biggest tech construction project in a century. Here's what that looks like.
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Trump, the BLS, and Our Age of Choose-Your-Own-Reality Governance
The president's war on economic data will make us dumber, poorer, and less prepared for crisis
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What’s the Matter With Dallas?
If Texas is so good at building homes, why have housing prices surged in Big D?
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July 2025

The Anti-Abundance Critique on Housing Is Dead Wrong
Antitrust critics say that homebuilding monopolies are the real culprit of America’s housing woes. I looked into some of their claims. They don’t hold…
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Why Are Americans So Scared of Talking to Each Other?
An interview with the social psychologist Adam Mastroianni about American aloneness and why the secret to great conversations is ... "doorknobs."
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The Sunday Morning Post: Whatever Happened to Serial Killers?
One of my favorite social mysteries is deeply relevant in 2025.
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The US Economy Was Supposed to Be in a Recession By Now. What Happened?
Poisoned by inflation, shot by tariffs, counted out by economists, it just keeps kicking.
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If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good For Everything, Should We All Be on Them?
Studies show that the obesity and diabetes medication also reduces heart attacks, cancer risk, migraines, and memory loss. How is that even possible…
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The Sunday Morning Post: ‘Science Is the Belief in the Ignorance of Experts’
The people who built the technology we rely on were often crazy, wrong, or both.
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How the Housing Market For Young People Became ‘A Total Disaster’
Donald Trump's scarcity agenda is not going to solve the problem. Here's what might.
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What Caused the 'Baby Boom’? What Would It Take to Have Another?
Governments worldwide are trying to increase fertility with cash. But the most famous birthrate "boom" had a lot to do with science and technology, as…
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