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Deep in the product reviews for a pair of $15 gray sweatpants, one commenter writes, bafflingly: “I love these grey sweatpants ever since i received them out of the shein package. They go with almost everything and nice and baggy on my body. The color is easy to wash and can go with coloreds and whites which is very helpful in laundry.” Below, three photos are attached. They show three different women in three different pairs of pants, none of which match the product listing.

Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.

OJ Simpson passed away this week of cancer. He was a man who had everything fame and fortune had to offer, and pretty much lost it all (for reasons we

An argument that society and families—and you—will be better off if nature takes its course swiftly and promptly

I'm not a fan of mandatory investor education classes. The issue was brought up recently by former chair of FDIC, Sheila Bair, who sees e...

We used to be sculptors. We're all about to be gardeners.

I miss the forums. I miss the forums so much it hurts. I miss when research was about discovery and learning and sharing. I miss when humanity felt like it had...

This is the second part of a three part (I, IIa, IIb , III) discussion of the idea of a ‘universal warrior’ – the assumption that there is a transcendent sameness about either the…

Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for …

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For more than 50 years, artists have come together for joyous lifelong learning in the beautiful Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

This post was authored by Gapingvoid CEO, Jason Korman, and originally featured in Barron's The latest reports about Boeing make this clear: Investors

Yesterday, former president Trump released a video celebrating state control over abortion; today, a judicial decision in Arizona illuminated just what such state control means. With the federal recognition of the constitutional right to abortion gone since the Supreme Court overturned

News for the next generation about markets, business, technology, and the culture of money.

In the age of AI, every maker becomes a manager

An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem.

When quaint becomes cult

When it’s capitalism that’s the problem, and not markets, the only alternative is post-capitalism. But the central...

Six years into being DF, here's a list of some of just some of the ideas I've been working on.

The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 5

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Community members say they value Brown's openness to feedback, but are still waiting to see how she executes on drug usage, homelessness and budgeting.

Any acquisitions companies such as Apple, Amazon or Microsoft attempt will bring scrutiny and delays.

In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and Meta have treated their users like modern-day serfs.