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My tip for reading The Economist (I have a paper subscription) is to always start with the obituary. Their obituaries are wonderful.
by jgrahamc 6y ago
My tip for reading The Economist (I have a paper subscription) is to always start with the obituary. Their obituaries are wonderful.
- Austin_Conlon 6y agoAnn Wroe is an exceptional writer. My favorite obituary from that section is of a free diver: https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/08/15/the-deepest-dive https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/08/15/the-deepest-di....
- cgh 6y agoI do the same. I've often thought they should publish a book consisting solely of obituaries. As morbid as this sounds, it would be almost like a history of the last 100 years viewed through a very different lens.