Hey everyone, it’s Nilay — Decoder is on a short break this week. We’ll be back with a special live interview episode on Monday of next week, and then regular programming will resume in December. I’m very excited for what we have coming up on the schedule.

But while we’re out, we’d like to highlight a great episode of a new podcast from our friends over at Vox called Explain It To Me. On this episode, host Jonquilyn Hill and her team tackle a decision that looms large for a lot of young people in America: How and when should you start saving for retirement — and will it even matter in a future of big, often scary uncertainties about work in the age of AI and the climate crisis?

Links:

Explain It To Me | Apple Podcasts
Will the world end before I can retire? | Vox
Vox launches Explain It to Me franchise to answer audience questions | Explain It To Me
The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past | Vox
Against doomerism | Vox
End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World | Bryan Walsh
Here's how self-made millionaire Vivian Tu created wealth | CNBC

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Callie Wright. Our supervising producer is Liam James.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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