Instapaper Weekly – Aug 10, 2025

The week's most popular stories Top Highlight ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse theguardian.com History is best told as a story of organised crime, Kemp says. It is one group creating a monopoly on resources through the use of violence over a certain territory and population. Save Most Popular Friday Aug 8, 2025 How Much Would You Pay for Friendship? thecut.com Photo: Tess Mayer This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Gracy, a 21-year-old from just outside New York City, always knew she... Save Thursday Aug 7, 2025 GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff oneusefulthing.org I have had early access to GPT-51, and I wanted to give you some impressions of what it is and what it means. But the answer to the first question everyone will have is: Yes,... Save Wednesday Aug 6, 2025 Paradigm Shifts and the Winner’s Curse stratechery.com Listen to this post: Log in to listen It’s fun — and often accurate — to think of tech companies in pairs. Apple and Microsoft defined the PC market; Microsoft and Intel won it. Google... Save Tuesday Aug 5, 2025 Zero Tolerance vulture.com Summer of Our Discontent is out now from Knopf. Photo-Illustration: Mark Harris; Photos: Getty Images, Beacon Press. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get... Save Monday Aug 4, 2025 What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones theatlantic.com This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. One common explanation for why children spend so much of their free time on screens goes like this:... Save Sunday Aug 3, 2025 Airport Lounges Sound Luxurious. I Keep Getting Duped. nytimes.com Guest Essay Aug. 3, 2025 Credit...Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times Listen to this article · 7:23 min Learn more By Mr. Mack is a writer and a former reporter for BuzzFeed News. It... Save instapaper.com  ·  @instapaper  ·  unsubscribe © 2025 Instapaper, All rights reserved. P.O. Box 310663 · Brooklyn, NY 11231