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Just as deregulation and the stripping away of publicly funded alternatives represent “freedom” for those with a junk product to peddle, and the slashing of the Environmental Protectional Agency’s enforcement budget means an oilman’s freedom to jack up the global temperature, the autodidact is free to be mobbed by infotainers.

The Hedgehog Review • The Monster Discloses Himself

The notion of the “organization man”—a term popularized by William H. Whyte’s seminal 1956 book that describes the subsuming of individual agency in service of a large corporation—is giving way to the rise of “micro-entrepreneurs,” or free agents, creators, freelancers, and independent workers who utilize digital platforms to make a living by lever... See more

Li Jin • Unbundling Work from Employment

Why, you might ask, is knowing this important? Simple: It tells us where we stand, and where we stand in relation to others. We feel we need to know the status hierarchies to negotiate our futures, and those intuitions carry over into politics, and thus we obsess over gossip, evaluation, and damning judgment.

I’ve found that if I write a column on a... See more

High School Never Ends—Especially in Washington

he is one of the most important political thinkers on earth today.

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

But it’s crucial to understand that, in large part because of the Awokening, Trump is not to blame: Democrats themselves have moved the goalposts in terms of what kind of racial views one is expected to affirm as a good liberal.

Matthew Yglesias • Reparations, Systemic Racism, and White Democrats’ New Racial Liberalism

It is different if you are from the middle or bottom tiers of your sector. In that case, not everyone will want to work with you, and perhaps most people won’t want to work with you, as they will be hoping for something better, whether realistically or not. If you are in this position, as many of us are, you need to think especially carefully about

Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

I don’t know the industry you work in. But what I do know is that your industry needs your voice. More people than those in the room with you each day deserve to see your take on things that matter. Especially if you find yourself complaining the “thought leaders” are the same tired faces getting all of the notice.

Sean Blanda • Behance Blog | The Most Defensible Thing You Can Do for Your Career: Build an Audience

An interesting theory: We’re entering an age where top-tier journalists are finally going to get paid what they’re worth by branching off and doing their own thing (like Bill Bishop)

Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes

George Stigler, a thirty-five-year-old economist at the University of Minnesota. Inflation had diluted the 40-cent minimum wage, and people were calling for an increase to 60 or even 75 cents an hour, which translates to $9.51 and $11.88 in June 2022 dollars. “Economists have not been very outspoken on this type of legislation,” Stigler wrote. “It