alt.hn

4/1/2026 at 10:28:49 PM

"Vibecession" reflects an increasingly difficult economy and society

https://greyenlightenment.com/2025/12/24/vibecession-reflects-increasingly-difficult-economy/

by paulpauper

4/2/2026 at 2:09:27 AM

As a millennial my whole life has felt pretty Malthisuan. I haven’t personally really benefitted from productivity increase, I have seen any competitive edge I had by being smarter or early to things erode away rapidly again and again. The only real defense is accumulated wealth or connections possibly.

by porknubbins

4/2/2026 at 2:21:04 AM

Baumol's cost disease, I wonder?

by gottorf

4/2/2026 at 12:54:50 AM

Many parallels between this article and another posted today ("Unsubscribe from the Church of Graphs" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604253). Both are responses to astralcodexten posts, and the vibes felt around anecdata vs statistics.

by cdetrio