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Abandon politics, return to logging

Happy weekend, subscribers.

This is my regular weekly roundup of articles/books/charts etc. I’ve read or media I’ve watched that I think are interesting and worth a fun discussion. This week is special in that we ponder the purpose of our working lives instead of just contemplating politics. (I’m being a bit dramatic; we look at BLS data instead of addressing politics alone.)

1. The issues that divided voters in the 2022 midterms

Navigator Research, which is a polling firm aligned with left-leaning candidates and causes, has analyzed the results of their polls from the 2022 elections and placed the American public on a two-dimensional ideological plane based on their respondents’ answers to many different policy and political questions. They find that the average voters hold progressive views across economic and non-economic issues, but those on the left are more politically divided than those on the right. “Those who were more progressive on both economic and non-economic issues (49%),…