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DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog | Substack · 1 day ago

EDUCATION AND HUMANITIES

A Second-Rate Philosopher I Cannot Read in His Original Greek: REGRET OF THE DAY

The “Meditation”’ of Marcus Aurelius is not a Stoic textbook. It is a tired man trying to talk himself out of bed in the morning, and into doing a job he never wanted to have...

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DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog | Substack · 1 day ago

ECONOMICS ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

CROSSPOST: CLAUDIA SAHM: Hand the Pen to the Committee

Claudia’s subheadline: “The Fed’s main reason for raising rates took three weeks to reach the public. The statement should carry it on decision day...”; Warsh is pointlessly opaque...

DONALD TRUMPMADEMOISELLE MARCHÉE

DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog | Substack · Oct 09, 2026

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Henry Farrell of Johns Hopkins Agora Comes to Berkeley: FOG & FLATLANDS

Life & Work in Berkeley, CA; Henry Farrell lays out how political scientists should study “AI”...

MINNESOTAJAMES EVANSHENRY FARRELL

DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog | Substack · Oct 09, 2026

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

(SEMI-)CROSSPOST/HOISTED: MATTHEW YGLESIAS (2022): What I Learned Co-Founding Vox

Matt’s subheadline: “Talent is scarce, training is hard, and the competition is smarter than you want them to be...”

PAM WASSERSTEINMICHAEL POLANYI

DeLong's Grasping Reality Weblog | Substack · Oct 08, 2026

POLITICS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS

"You Are Not Taking Up Too Much of My Time": A Note from a Not Asocial but Rather Parasocial Age: CHART OF THE DAY

We follow people who'll never know our names; we trade with thousands who want no connection with us. So a personal email from a friend whose tie to me has also become a parasocial one is precious...

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