Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy

Have you ever felt like the world’s official economic reports just don’t match what you feel in your gut? You’re not alone. Kyla Scanlon dives into the “Vibecession”—the feeling that everything is going wrong, even when some data suggests otherwise. It argues that this deep malaise is born from a compound crisis: genuine economic strain, like rising costs for essentials, colliding with a cognitive overload from the digital world. The result is a profound loss of trust in our institutions and in each other, leaving us in an uncomfortable, uncertain, spot. It’s a long read, but perfect for Sunday if you want a full sense of what’s going on in an economy driven by people and the way their feeling.

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