Friday
August 21, 2026
Summer · 3 entries
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ggwash.orgHow can DC get out of its downward financial spiral?Washington DC lost 83,000 jobs and $10.9 billion in worker earnings since 2020. The article argues DC's recovery depends on strengthening export sectors (federal contracting, consulting, advocacy, law, higher ed) that bring money into the city, plus building enough housing to avoid displacing worker✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50The Listen
TED Radio HourHow the creator economy is making you talk like the internetA working linguist-influencer cracks open the feedback loop between algorithms, language, and identity — explaining not just what internet slang is, but *why* the machine keeps generating it. The meta-layer (he's doing the thing he's analyzing) makes it genuinely rare.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The Next Big Idea DailyWhat We Find When We Lose Our WayTwo thinkers, one episode: Pico Iyer dismantles the fantasy of paradise by finding it only in death, uncertainty, and the fallen world, while Christopher Kemp reveals that GPS is quietly lobotomizing our sense of space. Both argue we navigate worse the more we think we know.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Get MichaelFilter
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