When tracked against the admittedly lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains. Consider the most literal instance of non-acceleration: We are no longer moving faster.
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Every city, town and village in Britain used to set its clocks to its own local solar time, which gave each locale a palpable sense of identity, time and place.
If you lived in Newcastle, noon was when the sun was highest, no matter what the time in London was.
- Joe Zadeh, The Tyranny Of Time
Economic history is complicated because it’s more than economics. It’s part politics, psychology, sociology, criminology, biology, military, technology, art, engineering, education, finance, etc.
- Morgan Housel, Common Plots of Economic History
In case you missed it, I’m experimenting with an idea.
A 10-day, high-signal reading list on Status.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of studying status. I read a bunch of articles and learned a ton. I absolutely loved it.
That got me thinking – would people be interested in reading a curated set of great articles on a single topic? Besides, would they be open to paying for it?
There was only one way to find out – launch something and see what happens. So that’s what I did.
A 10-day email course that curates the best articles around status and its role in human society.
You’ll get one email a day, each with a great article about Status.
Some will be short reads (<10 minutes), some slightly longer (~30 minutes), and some will be mega-articles (~1 hour).
In addition to these emails, you’ll also get a Notion template with the entire list of articles, my highlights from each one, and a space for you to save notes from each article.
I’ve priced it at $10.
PS: Since you’re subscribed here, use the code RSGMEMBER to get 20% off.