A little curiosity goes a long way

You know that friend who just
seems to know things?

Be that
friend.

The conversations across the web and socials, distilled. The arguments, represented fairly. And the knowledge to decide what you think.

Download for iOSMeet the discourse

Made for your next “oh, I get it.”

Follow your curiosityMoney. Power.
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For the world you keep hearing about.Economics ✳ Geopolitics ✳ History ✳ Science & medicine ✳ Technology

Meet the discourse

Everyone has a take.
Have your reasons.

We read the chatter across the web and social media, distil the main arguments, and present them fairly. Then connect you to the knowledge that helps you assess them.

01 / What’s being talked about

“What does AI
mean for our jobs?”

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02 / The arguments, done fairly

Who bears the cost of the change?

Even if AI creates new opportunities, people whose work is automated may face lost income or difficult transitions. The question is what happens to those people, and who helps them adapt.

Understand each case. Examine its evidence. Keep room for uncertainty.

03 / The knowledge underneath

Now you have something
to think with.

A job is a bundle of tasks. Replacing a task and replacing an entire role are different possibilities.

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Explain your position. Understand someone else’s.
Maybe find a reason to change your mind.

Follow that “wait, how does that work?”

There’s a whole
world in here.

Money. Power. Evidence. The ideas underneath the things everyone’s talking about.

Pick something that pulls you in. ↙

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Inside the series / Economics

The forces behind your rent, your savings, and that headline about the economy.

  1. 01Why prices move
  2. 02The interest-rate domino
  3. 03Who creates money?

Small parts. Very satisfying clicks.

A little every day.
A lot starts to click.

Stay close to the conversation. Get into a series.
Watch the ideas become part of how you think.

Your first “ohhh.” Right here. ↓
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Economics / Why prices move

Inflation falls.
Your coffee still
costs more. Why?

A little check before it clicks.

Choose an answer. See what you keep.
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The connection

Inflation

The rate at which the overall price level rises. A slower rise is still a rise.

One idea makes the next one easier to grasp.

Something to come back for

Your day.
A little more understood.

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Make sense of the conversation

What happened is only the beginning.

Get the context, the competing arguments and the evidence behind what people are talking about.

On your phone. In your corner.

Take a look
inside.

A small place in your day.
A growing part of what you know.

Get your hands on an idea.

Make a prediction. Test your understanding. See the explanation that makes it click.

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The headline is just the beginning

Understand this story.
Be ready for the next.

An interest-rate decision. A conflict with a long history. A medical breakthrough. The next big thing in AI.

Start with what’s being talked about. Go deeper into the economics, history and science that help you make sense of it.

Try a part
Start with a question

Inflation is down. Why aren’t prices?

What makes it click

A lower positive inflation rate means prices are rising more slowly. It doesn’t undo the price rises that came before.

What you build on

Learn to connect prices, purchasing power and interest rates, so the next economic headline has somewhere to land.

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Curiosity deserves a good answer.

Real sources.
Room for nuance.

What happened. What’s being argued. What we still don’t know. Follow the evidence, and make up your own mind.

A few good questions
Two friends walking through the city, sharing something they learned.

The best part happens later.

When it comes up.
And you know.

At coffee. Over dinner. In the group chat.
A little more to say. A little more you.

Start with your curiosity

A few good questions

Glad you
asked.

What is Parallax?

Parallax is a news app that connects what’s happening with the knowledge to understand it. Get the context for current events, then build a deeper understanding through short chapters and review.

What kinds of things can I learn?

Economics, geopolitics, the history behind current events, and the science, medicine and technology people are talking about. Both the specifics of a story and the broader ideas that help you understand other stories.

Do I need to know a lot already?

Start wherever you are. The point is to explain the terms, events and ideas that a headline often assumes you already know.

How do you handle different viewpoints?

We explain what people actually believe, show the supporting sources, and distinguish evidence from interpretation. Where the facts are uncertain, we say so.

Where can I use it?

Parallax is a mobile app. Use the iOS download button to find it on the App Store.

Your next conversation starts here.

Get the
background.

For what’s happening now. And whatever comes up next.

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