Andrew Macken

New Zealand seen from the International Space Station

@WarintheFuture your new book, White Sun War, is extraordinary (and terrifying). And it's a great example of effective education through fictional storytelling. Thank you!

Happy b’day, “Losing My Religion”, the @remhq classic released today in ‘91. “Such a weird song,” Stipe said. “We had no idea it was going to resonate the way that it did,” but it was “one of the best pieces of music the band ever gave me.” @albinokid twitter.com/RAMarchivee/st…

#NYC 🙏🏼

@bchesky A procurement program to enable hosts to furnish their bedrooms with high-quality mattresses / bedding + new host search functionality to filter on this basis.

If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be?

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A great chart from Arbor Research showing how market narratives ebb and flow like popular songs on the radio. And note, too, how it takes time for the crowd to come together as one ends and a new one takes hold. h/t @SoberLook

Easily the best ocean depth animation I’ve seen…

World map according to fish

That offload from @beaudenbarrett 😲 🎥: @skysportnz

Improve your maps; improve your results. Continual and constant error-correction works.

What a legend

@anneapplebaum Thank you @anneapplebaum I just finished reading it and thought it was excellent. I read Gulag many years ago as well. Which of your books should I read next?

UK paperback is out!

firstlinks.com.au/article/the--c… @FirstlinksAus @amacken - well worth a read. Balanced and useful article on the balance of power in the US through an #MMT lens.

This season's Super Rugby Aotearoa in NZ has to be one of the best collections of rugby games in history 🔥

1/4 It’s a little absurd that we're still discussing “the belief that government can drive growth” as if it were a matter of religion, which we must either accept on faith, or deny. While there certainly are legitimate discussions we can have about... wsj.com/articles/behin…

Jim Grant: