just vibes

Scanlon is immensely talented and onto something important. I wish she had devoted multiple chapters exclusively to vibes. Her editor should have given her the confidence to go for it and write the definitive book on the vibes-based economy. Don’t bother with the explainers or Taylor Swift, just go straight into why emotions deserve to be a field o... See more

Vibes are a field of study that deserves more attention and funding. In the most fun version, Scanlon would be gifted a $50 million pot of money for her to let loose on the trading markets. If vibes are as predictive as I think they could be, she could make all sorts of fun trades. The trading strategy would be something like:

1. Create a vibe measurem

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‘It’s game over for facts’: how vibes came to rule everything from pop to politics

Vibes are everywhere. Disillusioned Labour voters are “picking up bad vibes”, reports this paper. The Bank of England gets “wrong-footed by a vibe shift in the economy”. In the US, a “vibe-cession” – a downturn in economic confidence at an impressionistic level – was a key electoral issue. Google Maps will not only give you directions, but “vibe ch... See more