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Why Don’t American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming?
Why Don’t American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming?
Last June, I quit my office job and booked a flight to France. I was 24 and dewy-eyed, and I wanted to farm—or, at least, I wanted to try. A few weeks later, I was face-to-face with 64 goat udders, being told plus de force, (less delicately), as I wiped them down for milking. It was a stark contrast to the day jobs I had known before, writing endless emails and leaving voicemails in professional-speak—“Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience!” Staring down dozens of goats udders, not a meeting agenda or email inbox to be found,
·modernfarmer.com·
Why Don’t American Farmers Embrace Peasant Farming?
Most young men are single. Most young women are not.
Most young men are single. Most young women are not.
More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women, signaling a larger breakdown in the social, romantic and sexual life of the American male.  Men i…
·thehill.com·
Most young men are single. Most young women are not.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Civil War
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Civil War
The congresswoman is too influential within the GOP—and too representative of its views—for her calls for secession to be dismissed.
·theatlantic.com·
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Civil War
A Solution in Search of a Problem?
A Solution in Search of a Problem?
The great software question is always, “what’s it for?” Much like the “five-whys” protocol, or Amazon’s “so what?” test, this question is designed to
·gapingvoid.com·
A Solution in Search of a Problem?
Orange Alternative - 99% Invisible
Orange Alternative - 99% Invisible
In the months following the invasion of Ukraine, cryptic anti-war graffiti began popping up across Russia. People started writing out the phrase “no war” using asterisks instead of the various letters in order to disguise the meaning of the message. Then back in September, a woman in Russia wrote out the Russian word for “no”
·99percentinvisible.org·
Orange Alternative - 99% Invisible
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
Today on TAP: The new movement to connect the restoration of democracy with the revival of antitrust and competition
·prospect.org·
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
Predictions from *Average is Over* - Marginal REVOLUTION
Predictions from *Average is Over* - Marginal REVOLUTION
My book is from 2013, here are some of the key predictions: 1. Increases in the power and generality of artificial intelligence will prove a major breakthrough within a foreseeable time period. 2. Labor market returns will accrue to individuals capable and willing to work with such services. 3. Resources and land are going to […]
·marginalrevolution.com·
Predictions from *Average is Over* - Marginal REVOLUTION
Universal Basic Income Isn't "Left" or "Right". It's Forward.
Universal Basic Income Isn't "Left" or "Right". It's Forward.
Let’s talk about humanity. Human civilization was not ready for COVID-19, nor is it ready for the continuing impacts of climate change, nor the impacts we will increasingly feel as we automate more and more employment.
·tremr.com·
Universal Basic Income Isn't "Left" or "Right". It's Forward.
Episode 183: Breaking into the FBI (2.25.2022)
Episode 183: Breaking into the FBI (2.25.2022)
In 1971, a woman visited an F.B.I. office in Pennsylvania. She identified herself as a college student interested in learning about opportunities for women in the F.B.I. None of that was true. She was there “to see whether there were security alarms before we could decide if we could break in.”
·thisiscriminal.com·
Episode 183: Breaking into the FBI (2.25.2022)
The "sufficiently restrictive" Fed. Part 1: The labor market
The "sufficiently restrictive" Fed. Part 1: The labor market
Fed officials will eventually decide that they have raised interest rates enough. How they make that call is of great importance, and the Fed should share its thinking.
·stayathomemacro.substack.com·
The "sufficiently restrictive" Fed. Part 1: The labor market
The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism | Boing Boing
The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism | Boing Boing
How do you define the economic, political, and cultural system named capitalism that organizes the world? A system contested and imposed through media, policies, laws, and forgeries of memory.and m…
·boingboing.net·
The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism | Boing Boing
Weak nations with strong currencies
Weak nations with strong currencies
Two unlikely currencies were among the world's strongest currencies in 2022: the Yemeni rial and the Afghan afghani . Yemen is currently in...
·jpkoning.blogspot.com·
Weak nations with strong currencies