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I was a fan of the magazine and subscribed for the first two years, largely on the strength of the inaugural issue focusing on war. In a way I think they kind

by eggoa 12y ago

I was a fan of the magazine and subscribed for the first two years, largely on the strength of the inaugural issue focusing on war. In a way I think they kind of cheated with that issue because it turns out that there is a huge amount of compelling writing and art on the subject of war -- massively more than some of the late subjects they chose. Particularly the "money" issue seemed amazing superficial. As in most of the extracts were just various ways marveling at the concept of fungibility. (Or maybe I don't appreciate it because I'm not as smart as Lewis Lapham.)

ganeumann 12y ago
I think it's a bit of a Rorschach test. I bought the "Future" issue on a newsstand and immediately subscribed. Of the next three issues I found two less interesting, so I let it lapse. Then the fourth was interesting again. I just picked up the latest issue, "Time", on the newsstand and it's great. So different from the usual magazine where maybe a quarter of the content is interesting to me. Here, maybe half the content is interesting, but it's divvied up such that it's feast or famine.