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They are really well done and compelling. Feels like good contemporary theory? Delivered in the exact mode the contemporary mind craves - direct to camera influencer style. Also some great hot takes. Worth it.
Jul 9, 2024
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📺My all time favorite show of the last few years. I’m halfway through a podcast recap series (on Seeking Derangements with Ben Mora & Hesse Deni, the first few episodes are free and the rest are on patreon). Here’s the elevator pitch: Three self-made billionaires are dropped in small American cities with fake identities and none of their possessions or contacts. With only a truck, a smartphone and $100 in their pocket, can they prove the American dream is still alive by starting businesses that reach a 1 Million dollar valuation in just three months??Ever since becoming a business owner I’ve done a deep dive into business media like this because it really gamifies life into a speedrun where now the variables and game elements are people and products and prices and logistics systems. It’s like applying D&D game theory to all of the connected economies in a city, which sounds stupid except they’re kind of right. Real life is just like that!
Mar 29, 2023
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📖All the options that I can think of off of the top of my head are more essay/article/research/commentary focused than just your plain 'ol traditional news, but I feel its better to get an in depth analysis of certain subjects, that comes from a honed point of view (as long as you are aware of what that point of view is), rather than just some superficial big corporate vanilla ass propaganda faux both-sidesism status quo approach, but I digress...
- Jacobin - Current Affairs mag - New Left Review - The Intercept - Lever News - Defector
Those are all great for learning about, but also analyzing, what is happening. If you want to just know what's happening, the BBC is at least well funded and diversely focused enough to cover the world, you just have to deal with constantly being pissed/annoyed/exasperated with the implicit biases of how they cover it. The economist and the financial times are also ironically quite good, because they assume that its just a bunch of rich freaks that read them, so they have no problem saying the quiet part out loud, so you get a great glimpse into the cold, calculated, cruel, and depraved machinations of the owning class.
Oh, and the podcast "citations needed" does a lot of news briefs that are short yet incisive and informative.
- Jacobin - Current Affairs mag - New Left Review - The Intercept - Lever News - Defector
Those are all great for learning about, but also analyzing, what is happening. If you want to just know what's happening, the BBC is at least well funded and diversely focused enough to cover the world, you just have to deal with constantly being pissed/annoyed/exasperated with the implicit biases of how they cover it. The economist and the financial times are also ironically quite good, because they assume that its just a bunch of rich freaks that read them, so they have no problem saying the quiet part out loud, so you get a great glimpse into the cold, calculated, cruel, and depraved machinations of the owning class.
Oh, and the podcast "citations needed" does a lot of news briefs that are short yet incisive and informative.
Jul 9, 2025
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⭐I feel like such an old ass man when I read it but also genuinely informed. The reporting is very good and helps you get a real grasp of world political economy, unlike the usual clickbait garbage you see elsewhere. Shoutout to Alexandra Scaggs and Rana Foroohar
Jan 24, 2024
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😃So fun. You feel devious all over again. Plus the locals love it when you throw in a cheeky something for fun.
Feb 15, 2024
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when walking in the world and you see a place that makes you think: What goes on in there!?
Mar 27, 2024
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😃the best Chinese food in NYC. I go every time I’m there. Never misses. cannot recommend highly enough.
Feb 11, 2024