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Einstein Never Said That — How Famous Quotes Get Invented and Why We Keep Believing Them

Some of the most shared quotes in American culture — attributed to Einstein, Churchill, Lincoln, and others — were never actually said by those people. This is the story of how fake quotes spread, why they stick to certain names, and what that tells us about the way we decide who sounds credible.

Mar 13, 2026

Digg, Reddit, and the Great Social News War: A Story of Rise, Fall, and Reinvention

Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the early web. This is the story of how Digg built something remarkable, lost it almost overnight, and kept trying to come back.

Mar 12, 2026