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From the Archives: Christmas Stockings Are an Industrial Triumph
A Somewhat Self-Serving but Useful List of Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Routine Writing Is About to Be Free
Shopping and American Equality: Amplifying on my latest essay
From the Archives: Thanksgiving Edition
From the Archives: What You Buy Is Who You Are
Envisioning a Hopeful Future: We have a contest winner.
Willa Cather: Great American Novelist
Ambition and the Meanings of Success: The syllabus
Halloween Archives Treat: How Candy Conquered Halloween
Ambition and the Meanings of Success
Time to Build: California's Housing Reforms Are About to Pay Off
From the Archives: “If Russia Gets Gay With Us She’ll Have Some Pretty Muscular Soldiers to Meet”
Wanted: Feedback on this newsletter
How to Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month
AI Images, Status & Culture, and Some News
Can You Do Better than "The Jetsons" with Wind Turbines?
From the Archives: Peter Thiel Is Wrong About the Future
Stop with the "Jetsons" Nostalgia!
From the Archives: How Job-Killing Technologies Liberated Women
From the Archives: Welcome to the New World Civilization
Who would want a robot caregiver?
From the Archives: Creating Nature IV (Chapter 6 of The Future and Its Enemies)
The Futility of Silicon Valley NIMBYism and an Interview on Dynamism & Illiberalism
From the Archives: Creating Nature III (Chapter Six of The Future and Its Enemies)
Zoning Abolition, AI Advances, and a Cultural Confidence Contest
From the Archives: Creating Nature, Part II (chapter six of The Future and Its Enemies)
From the Archives: Creating Nature, Part I (chapter six of The Future and Its Enemies)
Shrinkflation, Disqualiflation, and Depression and more
From the Archives: The Age of the Editor
Do Upwardly Mobile Latino Plumbers Have Anyone to Vote For?
From the Archives: Alone but Not Lonely
Jet Lag and an Overdue Installment
From the Archives: America Is Awash in the Wrong Kinds of Stories
Travel Hell Isn't Just an American Phenomenon
From the Archives: "How Dodd-Frank Locks Out the Least Affluent Homebuyers"
NIMBYs, Enclaves, and Stuff I'm Reading
From the Archives: Natural and Ethical Are Getting a Divorce
Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
From the Archives: Remembering Inflation
Jury Duty, Inflation, and Free Speech
From the Archives: Resilience vs. Anticipation
Continuity and Change: The case of Maya trajes
From the Archives: ‘American Urbanist’ Review: Standing Out of the Crowd With William H. Whyte
Continuity and Change, with Garish Costumes
From the Archives: Why fashion deserves its place in art museums
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Defending Dynamism and Getting Stuff Done
What I'm learning from Substack and why I write columns on weird subjects
Inspired by Adam Smith: Why do people buy cool pocket gadgets?
From the Archives: "How to Save Twitter Two Pennies at a Time"