What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
by Noah Smith
4 people
Noah provides deeply insightful economic commentary on a wide range of topics, from renewable energy to the rise of Chian.
His Substack's 'Recommended by Understanding AI' page listing newsletters he endorses (page carries no publish date; retrieval date used) (undated page)
Highly informative and timely posts
Eric Topol's Substack recommendations page, where he lists newsletters he personally endorses with his own one-line blurb; page carries no per-item date (undated page)
Noah's wide-ranging curiosity provides a consistently thought-provoking lens on a changing world. Once you start reading his blog, you'll see the world differently.
Eliot Peper's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Noahpinion, on their Substack's recommendations page.
eliotpeper.substack.com ↗·2022-09-06
Smarter about most topics than just about any expert on that topic.
Packy McCormick's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Noahpinion, on their Substack's recommendations page.
notboring.co ↗·2022-06-01
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The small bar beside a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The bar shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Full and green is recent. It drains, and turns amber and then grey, as the post gets older.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The bar is empty after about:
A striped bar means the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no bar.