Just Two Things

I monitor what’s happening out there—economics, technology, culture, climate—and write two notes on what catches my eye. The brief: interesting, provocative, resonant. With some analysis and context. Frequency: usually three times a week.

By Andrew Curry

Recent Notes

4 June 2026. Thinking | Penalties

“Cognitive debt” is the price of letting an AI ‘think’ for you // How the penalty kick became the penalty shoot-out #665

9 May 2026. Unhappiness | Writing

The rise in unhappiness is a predictor of populism // 100 words and an image J2T#664

28th April 2026. Futures | AI, again

‘The Fizz’ and transformative futures // The overloaded economics of AI J2T#663

7 April 2026. AI | Music/ futures

What kind of business is the AI business // ‘Forgotten Work’: fans and fandom in heroic couplets J2T#662

31 March 2026. Business | Change [2]

Quick, shallow, and over-confident: business books, management and politics // The early cultural signs of change #661

21 March 2026. Technology | Change

Getting to grips with ‘enshittification’ / ‘Structures of feeling’ as signals of change J2T#660

24 February 2026. Populism | Waiting

Populism is an information problem, but not in the way that you think // Waiting as a form of resistance #659

4 February 2026: Water | AI

We’ve moved from ‘water crisis’ to ‘water bankruptcy’ // What if AI isn’t causing graduate job losses? J2T #658