"The #neweconomy of #ideas is much more directly dependent on attention, which means much more directly incentivized toward whatever captures #attention… A confident hot take generates more #engagement than a careful analysis that acknowledges #uncertainty. The old system rewarded people who could produce a good book every few years; the new system rewards people who can produce a constant stream of content that keeps audiences #engaged."

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Comfort Food for the Thinking Class: The Great Intellectual Stagnation

Wander into any bookstore (I dare you.)  The non-fiction table will be all but dominated by the usual suspects: Malcolm Gladwell's latest exploration of how some counterintuitive thing is actually the opposite of what you'd expect, a David…

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