I know I cite it all the time but I will not forget the NPR story mid-2022 from an upscale VA suburb, asking shoppers who said the economy was "bad" what they meant and the answers were all "too many help wanted signs", "not enough registers open", "everyone expects a tip"

I love what you do, but I can’t handle another email. Thanks for making your Substack available to us non-subscribers still!

Become a philanthropist, and build things for the public good, offer fair wages, and maybe folks will avoid being seen as fodder for the blade. More billionaires really need to learn that lesson and quickly.

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Yay! "Not everything works, but it's not full of Nazis"
is much better than "It's full of Nazis and we keep deliberately breaking things that work".

Also, "Popular with Friends" seems to work ok.