February 2022

This Week on the Lindy Newsletter

I wrote about the concept of boredom. A lot of modern life can be considered boring.

Boredom can be used as an alternative to a clock.

I also examine how Seneca and Plutarch wrote about boredom and why they saw it as a terrible affliction.

Weekend Reads

We like to think we live outside of history. History is something that we study but don't live. But the last few years have changed that perception. There was a global pandemic in 2020. A few weeks ago Russia launched a war against Ukraine. History is still moving.

Putin wants a disruption to the EU and NATO. The end of this war may mean splitting Ukraine and taking the eastern half. What's next? No one knows.

Here’s an intriguing thesis. Remote work will lead to increasing inequality of pay in the workplace.

Insane story, a guy created an entire fake company, hired dozens of remote staff, had them pitch clients, joining meetings, run the business—which didn't exist!—and appears to have done it not to scam money but because he wanted to pretend be a cool boss

At what age does mental speed slow?

Is the 5-day workweek dying?

A lot of crazy stuff happening with the home market. In Phoenix, "The median home was worth about $285,000 at the beginning of the pandemic; it was valued at $435,000 two years later."

Austin being the same price as Portland makes sense. People will be surprised Boise, Idaho is on the same level. A lot of outflow from California is happening right now.

There really was a 90s aesthetic. Sometimes you can really see it by watching old commercials

The phenomenon of falling birth rates since the great recession of the late 00s.

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