The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026 - Derek Thompson
Thank you all so much for reading and subscribing to this newsletter. It’s been an absolute blast whose success in its first six months has tremendously exceeded my expectations. If you’re arriving for the first time and like what you see, please subscribe. A little life update: Last week, my wife delivered our second baby girl. I’ll be off for a short bit to fetch bottles and wash bottles and dry bottles and even drink some bottles (wine), but this newsletter won’t stop publishing. I’ve lined up some fantastic essays from great writers on economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and more. The plan is to continue to publish roughly once-a-week for a little while, before I roll back onto full-time work. I’m excited for you to read these upcoming pieces and even more excited to announce plans to grow this newsletter in 2026. But first, here are 26 ideas for 2026, organized under the themes that I think will drive economics, politics, and technology in the near future. The end of r
Thank you all so much for reading and subscribing to this newsletter. It’s been an absolute blast whose success in its first six months has tremendously exceeded my expectations. If you’re arriving for the first time and like what you see, please subscribe. A little life update: Last week, my wife delivered our second baby girl. I’ll be off for a short bit to fetch bottles and wash bottles and dry bottles and even drink some bottles (wine), but this newsletter won’t stop publishing. I’ve lined up some fantastic essays from great writers on economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and…
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