It's an empirical fact that basically everything in our day to day lives has gotten worse over the years. The quality of everything -- food, clothing, entertainment, air travel, roads, traffic, infrastructure, housing, etc -- has declined in observable ways. Even newer inventions -- search engines, social media, smart phones -- have gone down hill drastically. This isn't just a random "old man yells at clouds" complaint. It's true. It's happening. The decline can be measured. Everyone sees it. Everyone feels it. Meanwhile political pundits and podcast hosts (speaking of things that are getting worse) focus on anything and everything except these practical real-life problems that actually affect our quality of life.

What strikes me most about modern movies is they’re all the same tone. Animals sound like middle managers. Everyone is snarky and self-conscious. You don’t actually go to another world even when you’re literally not even human anymore. No one writes in mythic mode. No one writes people who don’t talk like the bored college kid or their whiny parent. What’s the point of imagining all these things if it’s just a version of you in a beaver fursuit? I long for the honesty and courage of a Watership Down that dares us to imagine that rabbits have their own inner life, and challenges us to become rabbits, rather than remaking all the world in our own narrow postmodern image.

am i crazy did these not all happen in wwii

Yeah. We're fucked, tbh

Amazon stock is up 1% as they successfully take down half the internet.

The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.

Does everyone secretly feel that if you went back you to college now, you could learn so much faster, better, and deeper? And that your 18 year old self kinda wasted the opportunity?