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My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #7)

Keenen Charles

Feb 17, 2019 — 1 min read

Articles

Amazon cancels HQ2 in New York after backlash
After a ton of backlash Amazon changed it's mind on builing HQ2 in Queens. It's a complicated issue, it would've brought jobs, but negatively affected lower income families. Also why did New York of all cities need to offer so many incentives to Amazon who already has an office there?

Google’s Waymo risks repeating Silicon Valley’s most famous blunder
This is a very interesting comparison of the stalling progress to bring Waymo's tech to market and Xerox's failure to do the same with the first GUI. Hopefully Waymo will adjust their strategy.

Amazon’s questionable MMO has you colonize the ‘new world’
I've never heard of this game but its' premise intrigued me. The article questions the troubling portrayal in the game of colonisers as typical heroes fighting the "zombified" masses. It definitely feels weird to be put into those shoes. Maybe the creators didn't think of it but this is why you need diversity to spot these issues early on.

'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes
It's amazing the work this 16-year old has done. It feels like we've all been quietly ignoring the slowly building catastrophe that climate change is. At this point I feel a bit apathetic about it. I don't believe we're going to change enough, quickly enough. But maybe there's still hope. Or at least we shouldn't stop fighting.

Videos

This is hilarious and also scary. Just goes to further illustrate how many politicians are strictly driven by what will satisfy their bases to keep them in power.

Music

I've been aware of Njomza since her features on Mac Miller's songs but this is the first of her solo tracks I've really loved.

Is the Vision Pro enough?

Apple's Vision Pro is undoubtedly the best VR headset ever made. They've created an experience that surpasses what others have been doing for years and it looks cool too. But is it enough? Many will say just give it time and this is how every other

Age Just Doesn't Matter

I remember reading this Sam Altman post almost a decade ago about important lessons he learnt before turning 30. At the time 30 seemed like such a significant number. The end of youth. A moment where you're accumulated wisdom and your experiences would be so vast you could

Netflix Can Make More Money With Password Sharing

There's been an uproar online since Netflix's plans to block "password sharing" leaked. And it feels pretty justified. In an attempt to make shareholders happy with their plateauing growth, Netflix has decided to squeeze more out of the users it already has. First came

There are no good kings and queens

Or princesses and princes for that matter Just as there are no good billionaires. You can't be a good person and a monarch. You can't believe in the divine right of your bloodline to rule, and be a good person. Any good person in that position