The Current - May 2026
A monthly public record of the links I save - what I read this month, with a line on each.
Accessions Monthly roundup of things I enjoyed reading.
I already keep a running list of links in Notion - things I read and want to come back to. Keeping it private costs me nothing, but sharing it as a public record might be useful to someone else, so here it is. I plan to post one of these every month.
The format is shamelessly borrowed from Scott Alexander, whose monthly links posts I look forward to every time.
This month
- Morale - 12 Apr 2026. On morale as a resource you spend and have to replenish, not a mood you happen to be in.
- The Dead Economy Theory
- 1 May 2026. An essay arguing the economy looks alive on the surface while the parts that actually create value have quietly stalled.
- Magnifica Humanitas
- 15 May 2026. Encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIV - worth reading whatever your priors, for the framing of technology and human dignity.