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Upon reflection, it makes sense that the British are reading Breakneck and Abundance. Every problem in the lawyerly society is worse in the UK. I thought that California’s high-speed rail project was an embarrassment; then I learned about the Leeds tram network.
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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via The New York Times:
The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities
by Michael C. Bender
published on August 11, 2025
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I don’t think you can bet against America. The country has been remarkably resilient over time. At the same time, I view the sickness that we face as being pretty deep. And I also view the challenges that we have to navigate together as being more profound than any we’ve faced in our history.
~ Dean Ball via The Atlantic
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What were America’s 10 largest companies in 1975?
Via CNN Money:
Between 1965 and 1975, two companies dropped out of the Fortune 500 Top 10: Chrysler and U.S. Steel.
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Featuring Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Iain Glen.
Directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson.
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