This is just a list of articles I’ve enjoyed reading, although not necessarily endorsing every idea or turn of phrase from every article, by category. Unfortunately, I have broad interests, so there’s almost as many categories right now as there are articles – perhaps that’ll change as this fills up a bit more.

Technology and Research#

• Several Atlantic articles by Derek Thompson on a similar theme about implementation over “eureka” in technological progress
  • Why the Age of American Progress Ended
  • Why America Doesn’t Build What It Invents
  • The Forgotten Stage of Human Progress

Economic Policy and Politics#

• On the Debt Limit/Ceiling
  • The Deadbeat Limit
  • Even the New York Times is posting opinions saying that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional
    • You Can Let Republicans Destroy the Economy, or You Can Call Their Bluff
    • The Constitution Has a 155-Year-Old Answer to the Debt Ceiling

Work and Work Culture#

• America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking
• Were All These Layoffs Inevitable? Perhaps, But Here’s How It Happened.

Environment#

• We’ve Never Seen a Carbon-Removal Plan Like This Before

Housing#

• Bay Area Cities To Lose ALL Housing Zoning Powers in 2 Days (title needs a “potentially”, but this is still a big deal and a good thing even if the most extreme doesn’t happen)

Organization#

• OSTA/ULTA – about short-term vs long-term ability

Programming#

• How Rust went from a side project to the world’s most-loved programming language
• When Rust hurts