Weekend Links: Sunday Edition
And here we go: Context Collapse #123
Experimenting with something different today, o lovely readers. Doing a shorter, cut-to-the-chase links newsletter today. It’s been a good week but there’s been a lot of work and personal things happening—all 100% amazing things—and just playing catch up now.
So let’s go. Recommendations:
The Economist did a really good set of articles on automation earlier this week.
This Machine Kills interviews Evgeny Morozov, whose viewpoints have changed (a lot!) and has some smart things to say about 100% removed from most current ideological filters on Twitter/Substack.
Frontier and Spirit are merging, and you can read between the lines for the future of low-cost air travel post-pandemic.
Followup on that: Delta airlines seeking a national no fly list of passengers in air rage incidents. Good!
Genius PR stunt with Shake Shack and Doordash creating a fried chicken-themed dating site.
Nieman Journalism Lab on judging the quality of a journalism outlet by how ideologically diverse its audience is. But is this even possible in 2022 when the vast majority of news publications + channels + brands see the only viable business model in honing in on a small ideological segment and amplifying their fear and rage?
Another good Nieman piece on the evolution of native advertising.
Eric Newcomer explains Wordcels.
Jeremy Renner making a home repair show called Rennervations. Love it.
Axios on how the Daily Wire became a $100 million a year business. See earlier re: polarization rage as business strategy.
Mr. Money Mustache on inflation. He’s a little too optimistic for my take and comes from a POV that minimizes the fact that a hell of a lot of people really are having a hard time right now, but good long term view here.
…and, last but not least, Justin E.H. Smith on why we are still not living in a simulation.
You’re all amazing. See you in the next newsletter.
-Neal