The biggest climate migration problem may be that there’s not enough of it
In his new book, Julian Hattem explores how migration can be a climate solution — not just for those who are able to move, but for their home communities as well.
Random Digest: January 10, 2026
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Its Your Job To Keep Your Secrets
In the last month, many who want to kill Polymarket have agreed on a common strategy: claim that Polymarket allows illegal “insider trading”.
The Accidental Blockbuster
The absurd comedy of errors that led to the year’s best feature story is almost too silly to be believed. But it happened. OK, next up on our year-end closeout is the best feature story of the year.
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
And Perhaps Getting A Nobel Prize
How to be less awkward
a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction
Satyajit Das: The Shadow of Financial Instability
Shadow banks, rebranded as anodyne "non-bank financial institutions" are larger than ever and pose a threat in a new financial crisis
2025 in review
What RPI and I were up to in the ninth year of this project
Susan Sontag: A Critic at the Crossroads of Culture
Hal Foster at The MIT Press Reader: Austere like her prose and engaged like her subjects, Sontag was my first inkling of avant-garde culture, my initial point of access to an edgy alternative to the A
6 Surprises From 2025
Some things that were surprising in 2025. The post 6 Surprises From 2025 appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
Wildfire smoke is a national crisis, and it’s worse than you think
Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed.