What we are reading January 23, 2026.
The wealthy and powerful are in Davos, and we take a look at Donald J. Trump's generational influence.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

Generation X’s Lessons for the Second Trump Era
We are living through one of the most 1980s-coded cycles in American life—take it from somebody who survived it the first time around.

The Five Ways Europe Could Respond to Trump’s Greenland Threat
As President Trump links U.S. control of Greenland to new tariffs on allies, Europe is preparing a range of responses that could reshape transatlantic relations.

Mortgage rates fall to lowest level in more than three years | CNN Business
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.06% for the week ending January 15, according to Freddie Mac. The last time home borrowing rates were this low was September 2022.





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