Columnist at Bloomberg (https://nitter.cf/t.co/tb9ywkCa0I). Historian of business, technology, and finance. Orchardist. Swimmer. Sleep-deprived father of three.
Athens, Georgia
Joined November 2011
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Should we be worried that Americans don’t trust the government? Not really.
Historian @SMihm explains why 🎥
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Someone needs to figure out who decides which snacks get put in protective custody at Duane Reade.
Oreos, Tate's & Fudge Stripes are locked up while the other unwanted cookies are left vulnerable 🥹
It's an insult to every Lorna Doone in America
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Civil War-era politicians would roll their eyes at the heated exchange between Senator Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and say "hold my beer," says @SMihm trib.al/M9XypAf
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Evangelicals have long linked the Second Coming of Christ to bloodshed in Israel. @SMihm says that's why many of them are treating the war as the beginning of a fulfilled prophecy bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
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It's been the summer of union strikes, but @SMihm says the labor movement is going to need to reverse decades-old regulations to see long-lasting change trib.al/qJ1IhOQ
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Why would anyone spend $250,000 on a submarine ride to see the Titanic wreckage? @smihm gives us a history lesson on how the 1912 tragedy became a big business trib.al/emhQ6DZ
The real reason that Sam Altman wants OpenAI regulated. No, it's not about Skynet. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Job satisfaction is at all-time highs. Great. But let's not forget that the very idea that jobs should be satisfying is a weird, distinctly modern conceit. bloom.bg/42TL1fi
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His books are genius: "Railroad tracks run straighter in England because labor in America was more expensive, so it was cheaper just to lay tracks around natural obstacles like hills and rivers."
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How Brownie Wise turned Tupperware into a winning brand back in the 1950s. bloom.bg/40B2EhS
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200 years of SciFi has prepared us for AI. @SMihm #machinelearning bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
My latest on Jamie Dimon's attempt to channel the ghost of J. P. Morgan.
Jamie Dimon deserves credit for trying to quell the bank panic, but history tells us it’s going to take more than just one heroic effort, writes @SMihm trib.al/z2TzLmn
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Study up, Elon. In a review of great tycoon travesties, vanity towns may be the biggest ego trip of all, writes @SMihm trib.al/uwyew4p via @citylab
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The humanities at their best are perfectly equipped to provide an education in something sadly lacking in recent business history: human judgment, says @adwooldridge bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
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I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Yes, sir.
Are you listening?
Yes, I am.
Magnets, writes @SMihm bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
For those coping with the common problem of wild weasels infesting their living-room furniture, this story is for you.
Stories like these aren't exactly WHY it's important to support local, independent newspapers but getting them is definitely a bonus!! Please consider making a little donation to the BDN today bangordailynews.com/2023/02/… via @bangordailynews
On the curiously vexed history of UAPs, flying saucers, and mystery balloons. bloom.bg/3Sox6tp
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Early proponents of fake meat saw it as the culinary equivalent of a cold shower, helping Americans counter the “carnal influences” of animal flesh, writes @SMihm trib.al/nKqrGMD via @opinion
