Noah Brier | April 25, 2026
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 102
Selling the Macintosh, banal Jimmy Fallon, Florida's 'Death Train,' and much more.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
The Macintosh Selling Guide (PDF)
This Saturday, why not put yourself in the shoes of a 1980s Apple salesman? Check out the picture of Bill Gates on page three.
I Moved Back to a Second-Tier City and Finally Started Living (China Unread)
Four letters from young Chinese professionals who left Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou — on freedom, regret, marriage pressure, and the search for ‘heart energy’.
Why This Rare Flower’s Location is Top Secret (Wink)
Meet Florida’s ghost orchid, the flower local experts do everything to keep safe from poachers.
Pace Layers (Wikipedia)
Fashion moves faster than commerce, which moves faster than infrastructure, then governance, then culture, then nature. I’m new to this smart theory, which of course Colin and Noah first wrote about here years ago.