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Is the claim here that working in the advertising industry is worse than working on “doomsday devices to incinerate all life on Earth”? What a hot take!

Another way to interpret these results is that HN has gotten more popular as a place to source talent. It would be interesting to see top-level comments by number of total users on the site (as a proxy for popularity).

I personally like it. They comment their rationale for this choice here, under "Author anonymity": https://www.economist.com/frequently-asked-questions

Unfortunately the title makes a small logical leap.

From the article: "Her team combined data from different species in different places. Since they have little in common apart from living on a warming planet, she says, climate change is the most plausible explanation."

While climate change may indeed be the most plausible explanation, this headline seems to transform from "most plausible" into a causal link.

98% - this felt designed for someone with ADHD.

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I really enjoyed "The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910" [1] by Philip Zelikow. He clearly put a lot of thought into developing his lectures -- there's also a part two [2] that picks up where the first leaves off.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/learn/modern-world

[2] https://www.coursera.org/learn/modern-world-2

If you enjoyed this, check out https://howdns.works/ by the same authors.