confidence, coasts, and cautionary tales

Monday, July 20, 2026

Varaha

I pulled the earth up from the seafloor on my tusks.

  1. AI advice cut accuracy by 3x while tripling confidence
  2. Noah Smith on what Britain’s decline tells America
  3. Honda just killed its last U.S. EV — who else quit in 2026?
  4. $340,000 a year for internet in empty buildings on a ghost island
  5. The shrine rebuilt every 20 years for 2,000 years — and what it teaches about industrial knowledge
  6. Is sitting still at the movies now a class marker?

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