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The Doomsday Scenario for AI and Jobs

Posted by gamechangr on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:13PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-americas-ai-discourse-feels-so

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How to Sound Like an Expert in Any AI Bubble Debate

Posted by gamechangr on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:54PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/?sort=community

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The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula

Posted by gamechangr on Monday November 10, 2025 @09:08PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-democrats-new-formula-the-affordability

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Derek Thompson AI Could Be the Railroad of the 21st Century. Brace Yourself

Posted by gamechangr on Monday November 10, 2025 @09:06PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/artificial-intelligence-could-be

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How the Earth Invented Sleep

Posted by gamechangr on Saturday November 01, 2025 @09:06PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-the-earth-invented-sleep

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Whose Cup Are You Filling?

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @08:38AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/whose-cup-are-you-filling

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Everything Is Television

Posted by gamechangr on Saturday October 11, 2025 @03:48PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everything-became-television

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Why Are Liberals More Depressed?

Posted by gamechangr on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @07:07PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-are-liberals-more-depressed

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All the sad young terminally online men

Posted by gamechangr on Monday September 29, 2025 @06:52PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/all-the-sad-young-terminally-online

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The End of Thinking

Posted by gamechangr on Thursday September 25, 2025 @09:37AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-end-of-thinking

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Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)

Posted by gamechangr on Friday September 19, 2025 @12:14AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-25-most-interesting-ideas-ive

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Re:All the Sad Young Terminally Online Men on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:02PM (#45277512)

I also have a son who's a gamer. it's a tighter community Than what you mentioned (Music or Religion) and way more exposure. Its not uncommon for him to spend 30+ hrs a week in his "community"

All the Sad Young Terminally Online Men

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:39AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/all-the-sad-young-terminally-online

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The Age of Diagnosis: How the Over-Med of Everything Makes Us Sick, Anxious Lost

Posted by gamechangr on Friday September 12, 2025 @10:44AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-age-of-diagnosis-how-the-over

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The Great American Fitness Boom

Posted by gamechangr on Thursday September 11, 2025 @11:42AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-great-american-fitness-boom

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Trump's Formula to Conquer the Economy, the Colleges, and Everything Else

Posted by gamechangr on Thursday September 11, 2025 @11:38AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/trumps-formula-to-conquer-the-economy

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The Boring Truth About Why America Got Fat

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @10:42AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-america-is-fatand-how-the-media

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Trump's Formula to Conquer the Economy, the Colleges, and Everything Else

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @10:38AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/trumps-formula-to-conquer-the-economy

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New Mexico first state to launch universal child care system, governor announces

Posted by gamechangr on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:42PM
from the abqjournal.com dept.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_346f2dd2-4d94-46fd-bc34-615af7b64079.html

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Re:What's Happening to the Economy Is Obvious to Anyone Paying Attention on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:05AM (#45182920)

There is good logic here, but one thing that is less than stellar is that it's based off of only 3 months of data. Its hard to tell if that is enough time for large projects to have started

What's Happening to the Economy Is Obvious to Anyone Paying Attention

Posted by gamechangr on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:58AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/whats-happening-to-the-economy-is

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TSMP: Mornings Can Save Your Life

Posted by gamechangr on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:14AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/a-secret-to-a-long-healthy-life-do

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Re:The US Population Could Shrink in 2025, for the first time ever on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @12:24AM (#45112233)

Does those numbers take into account things like hurricanes in Florida?

Cracking Down, Pricing Up: Housing Supply in the Wake of Mass Deportation

Posted by gamechangr on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @09:26PM
from the papers.ssrn.com dept.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4729511

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The US Population Could Shrink in 2025, for the first time ever

Posted by gamechangr on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @09:21PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-us-population-could-shrink-in

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The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs for Young People Just Got Even Stronger

Posted by gamechangr on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:01AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-evidence-that-ai-is-destroying

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Re:The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs for Young People Just Got S... on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @02:10PM (#45043003)

please add a comment here, if you do go and read the entire thing. I am also interested in knowing more.

The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs for Young People Just Got Stronger

Posted by gamechangr on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @08:46AM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-evidence-that-ai-is-destroying

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Pickleball Explains American Culture

Posted by gamechangr on Monday August 18, 2025 @05:22PM
from the derekthompson.org dept.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/tsmp-how-pickleball-conquered-americaand

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Re:People do not believe that adding supply reduces housing prices on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:36PM (#44914472)

interest rates effect housing affordabiltiy more than inflation. This video implies high interest rates might actually help real estate prices

interesting video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH8_4AiIxeo