Door Myths
What’s This, A Door?
Hormeze | 30th July 2025
Musings on laughter, oft-equated with happiness when it should be seen as a form of release found in any visceral experience — sex, grief, horror. The Auschwitz prisoners who found humour there proved that it can be found in any place. When her hair was shaved, one prisoner laughed and explained that it was her first time getting a free hairdo. To laugh amidst suffering is a great spiritual accomplishment (1,800 words)
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Myths Of American Automaking
Adam Ozimek | Economic Innovation Group | 1st August 2025
The protectionist case for the US auto industry to be insulated from foreign competition rests on a few myths, debunked here. The auto industry has not been decimated by globalisation, it is alive and well. 10.3 million vehicles are made annually, with the value of cars at all-time highs. Detroit’s decline was caused not by trade but by local unions’ militancy and factories moving to other parts of the US (6,600 words)