A Japanese creative media newsletter that examines contemporary society from a deliberately detached angle. Recent issues cover the paradox of labour shortages alongside job-seekers who cannot find work, the digitisation of the body and health data, and why repair is treated as an individual effort rather than a systemic one.
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Derek Thompson writes essays and conducts interviews on artificial intelligence, economic and social trends, and the idea of abundance. Issues combine data, expert quotes and personal reflection to explore how technology and demographics shape society.
Oxford Sour is a witty, essayistial newsletter of sharp, irreverent cultural commentary on modern life, from generational quirks and online anxieties to pub culture and British eccentricity. Readers get literate, comic essays with a clear contrarian voice, now behind a paywall after 175 free pieces.
Diedulis is a Lithuanian newsletter of reflective, literary essays that move between small everyday scenes, such as a bench by a Kaunas road or a market on a Sunday, and wider questions about loneliness, belonging and shared life. It also includes pointed political commentary, for example on a German state election, written in a personal and meditative voice.
Long-form essays by a former Mormon writer covering AI's effect on human skills and the future, alongside personal reflections on religion, identity and family. Readers get idiosyncratic, well-researched argument and memoir-style writing with a distinct point of view.
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