movies godzilla minus one - highly recommended tv or whatever we’re calling episodic streaming these days. likely with misc. other stuff thrown in. love and death (HBO/max) - the spirit of the christian 80s is strong with this one. news lately, i’ve been having a lot of discussions with folks as to where to get news. here’s what i’ve settled on to preserve my sanity and to get access to facts....
goal target: 30 - read: 04 (so far) if i were a better man, i’d do something high minded, like targeting research in a specific vein of study. i am not that man. books note, this is a running list. murder in the solid state (will mccarthy) i picked this up at a local used book store and it’s straight out of the 1990s “hard sci-fi”. the underlying technology of interest is nanotechnology which hasn’t had the oomph that we would have thought it would exert in the 90s....
links, etc We’re seeing the end of the long 20th century yeah, i didn’t really need to see this but there are some really interesting data points in here. this one terrified me: Literacy is now declining for the first time on record. A recent OECD report finds that adult reading proficiency is falling around the world. The crucial moment may not have been the arrival of the smartphone but the more recent dominance of short video....
links, etc Hodlers: an apology FT has been right from the word go on crypto. holding fast. right on. Private equity to lobby Trump for access to savers’ retirement funds the grift and the pillaging will know no bounds. (archive.is)
links, etc Jobs: In my life, I’ve witnessed three elite salespeople at work. You won’t like their secret. courtesy of the orange site. it’s well worth the read and doesn’t land quite where you expect it to. Better Offline | iHeart this is a little off the beaten path, but the last 2-4 episodes are kind of a wild romp/rant that will likely hit everyone at some level. of note:...