A deep dive into the world’s most famous shipwreck, the economics of Reddit, and more weekend reads

Hi everyone,

I’ve not yet met a person who doesn’t have a strong opinion or interest in the story of the Titanic. The narrative arc of the “unsinkable ship” that sunk has turned into folklore, and discussion swirling around it has morphed into a kind of modern day Aesop’s Fable.

Along those lines, the story of the $250,000-per-passenger vanity submarine Titan, designed to visit the Titanic, is utterly fascinating and undeniably sad. We are so taken with shipwrecks that one in particular makes headlines annually.

Why is this? CurrentTV founder?

Michael Rosenblum

?breaks down?why the Titanic continues to fascinate us.

“The sinking of the Titanic was the very first time a major news event was transmitted and experienced in real time,” Rosenblum writes. “The sinking of the Titanic went LIVE to the nation and the world, as the disaster was unfolding… It is for that reason that the Titanic sinking still resonates with us more than 100 years after the fact. It was our first live, as it happens, news event.”

Shipwreck writings also go beyond the Titanic on Medium.

Adebayo Adeniran

?asks us to consider the thousands drowned in the?majority of the world. “Not a week goes by that we don’t see footage of young African, Kurdish, and Asian men, whose boats have capsized thereby resulting in their drowning.”

And for those with an itch for the fine details, wine expert?

'Wine' Roland Mucciarelli

?penned “The Shipwreck’s Champagne,” a piece about famous bottles trapped — or rescued — from leagues below.

Do you have a news or cultural obsession? If so, leave a reply. I’d love to read what you have to say about it. Now, please excuse me while I listen to Sting’s?Ghost Ship?for the 5000th time.

Adrienne Gibbs

Director, Creator Growth @ Medium