Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge?

Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by fsloth on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:37AM (#29536985)

For me Economist is great for a weekly review of world politics and general economy and New York Times has good perspective for daily news (I'm not from US so for me it's the 'international view on news').

Lots of 'casual' content there but I'm not sure if this was what you meant precisely.

Economist is a rare source in that each time they have an article about a topic I know I have fairly good grap of, they generally offer a fairly _correct_(!) popular summary of the issues. This is why I have a fairly high trust of those articles where the subject matter is less familiar.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by sohkamyung on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:04AM (#29537133)

I also read The Economist to get news from around the globe.

Some Overdrive libraries subscribe to the magazine, so you may be able to read it via Overdrive if your local library has it.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by fm2606 on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:56AM (#29538484)

Just checked my overdrive library and they has it. Thanks for the tip

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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by sasaf5 on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:37AM (#29537309)

+great writing! I wish I could spend a few months writing for them, just as a learning experience.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by unfunco on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:18AM (#29538309)

They publish a English usage style guide which you might like.

https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-style-guid...

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Re:Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge? by swissfunicular on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:12PM (#29548147)

+1. Also WSJ is good. The Guardian website, not the paper.

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