Why Does It Feel Like Amazon Is Making Itself Worse?
a good explanation
Robot Landlords Are Buying Up Houses
this is hell. we live in hell
Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
etc etc
The Value of Nothing: Capital versus Growth - American Affairs Journal
"In liberal capitalism or plutocracy, on the other hand, the oligarchs will use their power to resist development. For them, hoarding capital to preserve high returns and asset values is preferable to investing in growth at lower returns—if not always on an absolute basis, then at least relative to the rest of society." the last section on silicon valley is chef's kiss
Elves in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction • Protean Magazine
'“Fairy-taken” is also a less individualistic explanation than “languishing.” This sadness and inability to work is happening to you, but not because of you. It’s not that you failed to hustle hard enough, or to take appropriate care of yourself—it’s just that there’s something very evil and arbitrary in the world, and it chose to snatch you up. And there’s no solution and no cure, unless you can trick the fairies into letting you go.'
How Wealth Reduces Compassion - Scientific American
"[W]ealthier people are more likely to agree with statements that greed is justified, beneficial, and morally defensible. These attitudes ended up predicting participants’ likelihood of engaging in unethical behavior."