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N+1 and The Baffler both seem to be constitutionally incapable of releasing a bad issue. Highly recommended. Jacobin is uneven, but if you read Reason et al yo

N+1 and The Baffler both seem to be constitutionally incapable of releasing a bad issue. Highly recommended. Jacobin is uneven, but if you read Reason et al you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy now and then to keep up with ideological writing in the land of the living. The Economist is an incredibly well written magazine that unfortunately - editorials aside - can't escape the compulsion of not even being wrong. Save your money and just sign up for a couple of Axios newsletters for the same effect. I have not read Edge in years, maybe decades, but it deserves a mention for treating video games as digital art rather than consumer electronics.

AndrewOMartin 6y ago
I'd forgotten about Edge, I had a subscription for years. I only picked up a copy to occupy me during a flight but I was stunned to find it actually talking seriously about interesting stuff! I was pretty young and probably impressionable, but the difference between EDGE and the likes of PC Gamer/Zone/Format was remarkable. Hence this remark.
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LittlePeter 6y ago
> can't escape the compulsion of not even being wrong. What does this phrase mean? Is the economist not wrong? Why is that then unfortunate?
- lordgrenville 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
  - TooSmugToFail 6y ago
    TIL, thanks for sharing.
dingaling 6y ago
> can't escape the compulsion of not even being wrong. On the few occasions that the E has run stories on topics I know well, it has been remarkably accurate and insightful. All of the regional reports are written by independent, freelance correspondents so they stand or fall on the quality of their work.
- cambalache 6y ago
  > On the few occasions that the E has run stories on topics I know well, it has been remarkably accurate and insightful. I have had the total opposite experience, so much that it really turned me off from the magazine.From obligatory weekly reading now I get an issue every once in a while, the same happens again and I question my masochist tendencies.
randomcarbloke 6y ago
Jacobin...really?

AndrewOMartin 6y ago

I'd forgotten about Edge, I had a subscription for years. I only picked up a copy to occupy me during a flight but I was stunned to find it actually talking seriously about interesting stuff! I was pretty young and probably impressionable, but the difference between EDGE and the likes of PC Gamer/Zone/Format was remarkable. Hence this remark.

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LittlePeter 6y ago

> can't escape the compulsion of not even being wrong. What does this phrase mean? Is the economist not wrong? Why is that then unfortunate?

lordgrenville 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
- TooSmugToFail 6y ago
  TIL, thanks for sharing.

dingaling 6y ago

> can't escape the compulsion of not even being wrong. On the few occasions that the E has run stories on topics I know well, it has been remarkably accurate and insightful. All of the regional reports are written by independent, freelance correspondents so they stand or fall on the quality of their work.

cambalache 6y ago
> On the few occasions that the E has run stories on topics I know well, it has been remarkably accurate and insightful. I have had the total opposite experience, so much that it really turned me off from the magazine.From obligatory weekly reading now I get an issue every once in a while, the same happens again and I question my masochist tendencies.

randomcarbloke 6y ago

Jacobin...really?