I’m basically rooting for Vox to succeed but I guess I am not even doing my small part to make it happen. I have linked to them a couple of times, but I haven’t made them a regular part of my reading list. I find the interface a little hard to understand, and a lot of it really seems like “issues for dummies.” There aren’t that many things that I feel I need to have explained to me. Basically, science, economics, the law, and education policy are the main areas where I welcome “explainers” that can help me grasp complex issues. Not so for politics, however, and politics is what I mainly focus on in my writing.
In any case, I agree that it’s still too early to know whether or not Vox can be successful. I appreciate their effort, however. Anything that bets on the idea that people are smart and can be made to be well-informed is something I want to see pay off. The far easier path is to bet on the “a sucker is born every minute” mentality.
