Reading Wealth of Nations and Meeting Adam Smith
To measure the Wealth of Nations, you had to inspect the shirts on people’s backs and the shoes on their feet.
The Compatibility Trap
As the titans of big tech see it, the reticence to upgrade is nothing less than resistance to progress. But a willingness to upgrade does not benefit customers in the long run.
Apart of a Community—Or a Part of It
Posted on April 12, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Woodcut from the 1969 Caedmon Records recording of the poetry of Walt Whitman read by Ed Begley.
Reading and interpreting poetry offers a unique way to cultivate ethical knowledge and therefore bears on collective, and not just individual, life.
Stories to Tell
Posted on April 15, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Inmates take an exam at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, 2017; Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG.
A New Guild System
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on April 20, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Logos for YouTube and Substack on a William Morris design; THR illustration.
What if the more successful political commentators on Substack, or music teachers on YouTube, or masters of the podcast interview, began to teach their craft to others?