Welcome to the home of Noah Brier. I'm the co-founder of Variance and general internet tinkerer. Most of my writing these days is happening over at Why is this interesting?, a daily email full of interesting stuff. This site has been around since 2004. Feel free to get in touch. Good places to get started are my Framework of the Day posts or my favorite books and podcasts. Get in touch.
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Ever since I read the really long Weekly Standard piece on Detroit I have been fascinated by the city. Here are two little photo tours that paint a bleak picture: Time’s Detroit’s Beautiful, Horrible Decline and the Belle Isle Zoo which was closed in 2002.