Comments on: What's like Wired magazine?

Question: What's like Wired magazine?

ilovehistory — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:13:59 -0800

Need Magazine Suggestions along the lines of: Wired, The Week

I am having trouble finding more magazines like the ones I love. Any other magazines that are similar to Wired and/or The Week?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:23:09 -0800

Could you tell us a little bit about why you like these magazines? That would help us figure out what you're looking for. (Not everyone who likes Wired likes it for the same reasons.)

Here's one you might enjoy, given that you like The Week.

Harper's has a lovely habit of pointing out things to me that I never would have noticed, and is generally a great thought generator (two things to check out there: Harper's Index, and Sentences which isn't in the magazine itself, but is an excellent blog by books editor Wyatt Mason. It's completely sui generis and very, very intellectually satisfying).

By: zeoslap

zeoslap — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:23:52 -0800

Seed Magazine is a good sciencey one.

By: General Tonic

General Tonic — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:34:05 -0800

Since Wired and The Week are so dissimilar in my opinion, that I'm just going to recommend a couple of titles that every intelligent person should be reading whether they like Wired, The Week, or Cracked.

As ocherdraco mentioned, Harper's is an excellent magazine. Not only their monthly "index," but the in-depth articles are always very enlightening.

I'd also suggest the Atlantic if you're looking for smart and serious analysis.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:44:23 -0800

It's an old standby, but National Geographic still puts out consistently high-quality issues. I always learn something new and useful each month from that magazine.

By: mooders

mooders — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:19:11 -0800

Prospect Magazine is an excellently-balanced journal of current affairs and opinion pieces.

The Economist and its offshoot Intelligent Life are both excellent. The Economist in particular.

The New Yorker, if a little, ok then - a lot, pretentious.

These are all great, thought-provoking reads but given I am unsure why specifically you enjoy Wired and The Week so these recommendations may or may not float your boat.

By: crickets

crickets — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:23:46 -0800

Even though I work for them, I would second Seed anyway.

By: handabear

handabear — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:54:42 -0800

I recommend Good, and I third Seed as well as Harper's.

By: KevCed

KevCed — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:59:04 -0800

I recommend Fast Company. You can read most of the good stuff online for free. Sometimes the stories are segmented into multiple pages. I find this annoying when there aren't any "print this page" links to get around this ad tactic.

By: Caravantea

Caravantea — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:04:20 -0800

Just based on your username, have you tried Archeology magazine?

And BBC Has a variety of good magazines. I especially like 'History,' and 'Knowledge' which is a combination of sciencey goodness and history goodness.

Mental Floss is another great one that I can't imagine anyone not enjoying. The writing is very tongue-in-cheek, and it's full of short fascinating articles about oddball subjects.

By: wenestvedt

wenestvedt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:06:13 -0800

Is Utne Reader good any more?

By: JaredSeth

JaredSeth — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:18:50 -0800

Seconding Archaeology magazine. I read almost every issue cover to cover, despite having no professional interest in the subject matter.

By: radioamy

radioamy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:25:24 -0800

Fast Company, Business 2.0, Mental Floss

By: Nanukthedog

Nanukthedog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:44:37 -0800

If you're willing to pay the money; stratfor.com is a great news source for understanding the strategic implications of a news event. Its like an engineering model applied to geopolitics. Back in the days when it first launched and was free (I'll admit I'm too poor to pay -$349 a year is a bit off-putting), I remember an article on the strategic impact of the Kursk disaster (sub sunk). They basically discussed how the Russian Navy would have to redeploy a thinned submarine fleet and discussed how long it would take Russia to recover strategically (its wan't just as simple building another sub).

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:19:05 -0800

Absent any clarification, maybe a pointer to this recent thread about substitutes for The New Yorker would be useful. Especially this comment.