Stephen Mihm

Should we be worried that Americans don’t trust the government? Not really. Historian @SMihm explains why 🎥

Distrusting the government is as American as apple pie, says @Smihm (via @opinion) trib.al/aIOOUxS

Someone needs to figure out who decides which snacks get put in protective custody at Duane Reade. Oreos, Tate's & Fudge Stripes are locked up while the other unwanted cookies are left vulnerable 🥹 It's an insult to every Lorna Doone in America bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Civil War-era politicians would roll their eyes at the heated exchange between Senator Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and say "hold my beer," says @SMihm trib.al/M9XypAf

Evangelicals have long linked the Second Coming of Christ to bloodshed in Israel. @SMihm says that's why many of them are treating the war as the beginning of a fulfilled prophecy bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

It's been the summer of union strikes, but @SMihm says the labor movement is going to need to reverse decades-old regulations to see long-lasting change trib.al/qJ1IhOQ

Why would anyone spend $250,000 on a submarine ride to see the Titanic wreckage? @smihm gives us a history lesson on how the 1912 tragedy became a big business trib.al/emhQ6DZ

The real reason that Sam Altman wants OpenAI regulated. No, it's not about Skynet. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Job satisfaction is at all-time highs. Great. But let's not forget that the very idea that jobs should be satisfying is a weird, distinctly modern conceit. bloom.bg/42TL1fi

His books are genius: "Railroad tracks run straighter in England because labor in America was more expensive, so it was cheaper just to lay tracks around natural obstacles like hills and rivers." nytimes.com/2023/05/04/boo…

How Brownie Wise turned Tupperware into a winning brand back in the 1950s. bloom.bg/40B2EhS

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I made a @letterboxd list based on @SMihm’s column for @opinion and added a few of my own. What else should I add? You can read Stephen’s column here: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

200 years of SciFi has prepared us for AI. @SMihm #machinelearning bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

My latest on Jamie Dimon's attempt to channel the ghost of J. P. Morgan.

Study up, Elon. In a review of great tycoon travesties, vanity towns may be the biggest ego trip of all, writes @SMihm trib.al/uwyew4p via @citylab

The humanities at their best are perfectly equipped to provide an education in something sadly lacking in recent business history: human judgment, says @adwooldridge bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Yes, sir. Are you listening? Yes, I am. Magnets, writes @SMihm bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

For those coping with the common problem of wild weasels infesting their living-room furniture, this story is for you.

On the curiously vexed history of UAPs, flying saucers, and mystery balloons. bloom.bg/3Sox6tp

Early proponents of fake meat saw it as the culinary equivalent of a cold shower, helping Americans counter the “carnal influences” of animal flesh, writes @SMihm trib.al/nKqrGMD via @opinion