Hoisted from the archives: Do birds do it much better? (Intelligence, that is), & other topics… Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·May 5, 2026 · 16 min read · Science
Draft: Social theory for the mid-21st century Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·May 3, 2026 · 30 min read · Philosophy
A comment on noah smith's "the moderately easy problem of consciousness" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Apr 27, 2026 · 12 min read · Philosophy
Not my john hicks lecture: "John (hicks) the apostate" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Apr 25, 2026 · 13 min read · Economics
How is the administration managing to lose a war with Iran?: Perhaps the most important thing going… Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Apr 16, 2026 · 13 min read · Foreign Policy
Stochastic lobsters, token tsunamis, & the spinning-up of isaac576bot Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Apr 6, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech
"Contango", "backwardation", & the current freaking-out of the oil market Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Apr 6, 2026 · 10 min read · Economics
Confused notes on the war on Iran: Everyone is losing except for surviving irgc officers getting swift promotions Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 30, 2026 · 16 min read · Foreign Policy
Crosspost: Dan drezner & no 1: Welcome to the lax americana & March 19-21: God is a comedian Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 24, 2026 · 10 min read · Foreign Policy
"Project hail mary" movie: $80 million domestic launch weekend, $140 million worldwide Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 23, 2026 · 11 min read · Culture
Rashomon-ai: Fear, hype, & platform power? Or broad-based productivity gains close enough to smell? Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 16, 2026 · 18 min read · AI & Tech
"The permanent problem of the human race": Yglesias, keynes, lindsey; the quest for valued identities & societal roles; & how to move from "abundance" to "flourishing" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 9, 2026 · 11 min read · Economics
Killing khamenei: Regime-change roulette in a powder-keg world Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Mar 1, 2026 · 11 min read · Economics
Understanding the state of the corrupt supreme court today Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 27, 2026 · 12 min read · Economics
Mamlms still epic fail open‑book, closed‑world, finite‑list, obvious ground truth tasks Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 24, 2026 · 19 min read · History
Query to self: Is it, this semester worth incorporating in my classes my introductory digression… Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 19, 2026 · 14 min read · Economics
Reacting to matt yglesias's confession that a.i. Progress is giving him writer’s block Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 18, 2026 · 14 min read · Economics
From plato to NATO to MAGA: Marco rubio’s myths & the real "Western alliance" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 16, 2026 · 13 min read · Economics
Crosspost: Josh marshall: Thinking clearly about the global authoritarian movement Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 12, 2026 · 13 min read · Music
Assessing brink lindsey's "the permanent problem" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 9, 2026 · 15 min read · Economics
The streaming wars were just plain weird Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 8, 2026 · 10 min read · Economics
A brief note on the near-absence of pre-1500 "economic growth" Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Feb 4, 2026 · 11 min read · Economics
Do those dominating a situation truly bluff & then back down?: Misreadings from melos to davos, &… Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Jan 26, 2026 · 19 min read · Economics
Why are there "academic marxists" who do not follow in marx's footsteps at all? Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Jan 20, 2026 · 15 min read · Economics
Let US attack "continental philosophy" & philosophers!: Thursdays in academia Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Dec 18, 2025 · 16 min read · Economics
Jane austen was born on December 16, 1775 Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Dec 16, 2025 · 11 min read · Economics
Crosspost: Noah smith: The AI bust scenario that no one is talking about Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Dec 9, 2025 · 15 min read · AI & Tech
After the last david graeber post; or, once again unto the breach Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Dec 8, 2025 · 13 min read · Economics
Reading: Is writing → dialoguing :: grunt-programming → vibe-coding? Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Dec 8, 2025 · 12 min read · Economics
