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- 1Gold, the 'Barbarous Relic,' Refuses to Fade Away▼The “Barbarous Relic” That Refuses to Die: Gold at the Crossroads
Keynes famously dismissed gold as a "barbarous relic," yet the metal remains central to global finance, and a new analysis argues it stands at a crossroads. The piece examines why central banks and investors continue to accumulate gold despite its obsolete monetary role, weighing its enduring appeal as a store of value against modern digital and fiat alternatives.
- 2A 48-hour break from bad news draws attention online●🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection: I stopped reading bad news for 48 hours. Here’s what happened - https://www.
Positive News has published a first-person experiment in which the writer avoided negative news coverage for 48 hours and documented the effects on mood and attention. The piece, part of its 'Digital Crossroads' collection, is being shared and discussed as part of a wider conversation about news fatigue, doomscrolling and healthier media habits. Readers are weighing whether stepping back from bad news helps wellbeing or risks disengagement from the world.
- 3Birchfeed lets users forward newsletters to another inbox●🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection: Birchfeed can forward newsletters to your inbox - https:// birchtree.me/blog
Birchfeed, a service from The BirchTree blog, can forward email newsletters to a user's chosen inbox. The feature is being shared as part of the Digital Crossroads collection, drawing interest from readers who want to manage newsletter subscriptions without giving sites their main email address. Discussion is modest so far, mostly among productivity and web tooling enthusiasts.
- 4The decline of web development education sparks debate▼🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection: The death of web development education – Rescuing a field from disappearing
A German essay argues that web development education is in crisis, with the field at risk of disappearing as structured teaching erodes, and calls for efforts to rescue it. The piece, circulating in discussions about the state of the web and internet culture, contends that the way newcomers learn to build for the web has broken down and needs deliberate revival.