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How AI Can Raise the Baseline of Human Knowledge | The Ends Don’t Justify the Means (Substack)

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Reforming Social Security: A How-To Guide | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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Reading Shakespeare in the Army | The Common Reader (Substack)

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Why a Value-added Tax Is the Wrong Fit for the United States | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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A Simple Test for Developing Taste | The Common Reader (Substack)

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The Austerity Threshold | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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Who shows up to give? The midterm rule in House donor participation. | Rules & Results (Substack)

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How much do you care about AI poetry | The Ends Don’t Justify the Means (Substack)

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November 10, 2025

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Paperweights, 1st Edition | Machine Culture (Substack)

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Reforming Social Security: A How-To Guide | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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How Long Until AI Writes a Great Poem? | The Common Reader (Substack)

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Wedding Rice, Burial Plot Lotteries, and the Cost of the American Dream | The Econ Nerds (Substack)

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- Ariel Slonim
November 6, 2025

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What Does the Pursuit of Happiness Mean? | The Common Reader (Substack)

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- Henry Oliver
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How AI Can Raise the Baseline of Human Knowledge | The Ends Don’t Justify the Means (Substack)

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- Rebecca Lowe
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The Poem Within the Poem | The Common Reader (Substack)

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Reading Shakespeare in the Army | The Common Reader (Substack)

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November 5, 2025

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Why a Value-added Tax Is the Wrong Fit for the United States | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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- Jack Salmon
November 4, 2025

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The Austerity Threshold | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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November 3, 2025

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A Simple Test for Developing Taste | The Common Reader (Substack)

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November 3, 2025

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Is Writing for AI the Future of Writing? | The Common Reader (Substack)

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November 2, 2025

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Sporadic Growth | Machine Culture (Substack)

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November 1, 2025

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Peter Pan | The Common Reader (Substack)

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November 1, 2025

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Five Top Things I’ve Been Reading (Forty-Seventh Edition) | The Ends Don’t Justify the Means (Substack)

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October 31, 2025