The difference between Twitter and Mastodon can be summed up in two words. No algorithm.

Republicans are growing increasingly fascist because tomorrow does not belong to them.

This process of adaptation is happening even faster today than it did in the 2000s, or in the 1980s. We’re seeing enormous productivity gains in America right now. They’re shocking economists.

Even rich people panic in the face of big losses, and big losses are inevitable in an unstable world.

DeKalb County is building Stalinist rectangular blocks surrounded by street-level parking. It’s a 21st century Pruitt-Igoe that will, by 2035, have the highest crime rate in the region.

The only reason to keep the whole thing together was “synergy.” A bad year for one division might be offset by a good year in another. But that’s not working.

I have been using the Internet since moving into our present house 40 years ago. It doesn’t seem that long. It was a lifetime ago.

The most interesting economic story right now, verging on the political, involves sports.Two business models are colliding.

E-books are better than paper books. They cost nothing to deliver. They’re cheaper than paper books. They don’t kill trees. They’re lighter and easier to read. They can also be updated, and that’s important.

Anyone who thinks Xi Jinping is sleeping easy these days has it wrong. The man has taken to wearing Mao suits and it suits him. Mao Zedong destroyed his national economy, multiple times. I don’t think the Chinese people are willing to go through it for Xi, even once.