Notes on the Economy of El Salvador
An island nation at heart
Random Digest: January 17, 2026
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Why forcing people to go green can backfire
A new study reveals a conundrum for climate policy: People hate it when you tell them what to do.
Silver Bulletin pollster ratings, January 2026 update
All the numbers for every pollster, fully updated after 2025.
Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026)
Today's links Code is a liability (not an asset): AI psychosis, tech boss edition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Coldplay CD DRM; Star Wars Wars; Digital manorialism vs n
Aftershock
A random shooting left me with crippling PTSD. Could magnetic stimulation of my brain quiet the terror? - by Madison Lamb Read on Psyche
Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air pollution rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
Sunday links: accumulating meaning
Landholder vs stockholder
In 1752, David Hume discerned that wealth was becoming untethered from land. Here lies the origin of our political divisions - by Catherine Nichols Read on Aeon
Skirt the algos: 2025 in music
Digging into the new year and not in the mood for algos. So I’m going through folks’ favorites from 2025 at leisure: New Commute, New Commute Artist Friends, Vanyaland needle drops from movies, Jeffre
Rogue Planet Weighed for the First Time
“The galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets” The post Rogue Planet Weighed for the First Time appeared first on Nautilus.