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Tropical Storm Arthur, the First Named Storm of the Season, Gathers Speed as It Approaches North Carolina Hurricane

Tropical Storm Arthur, the First Named Storm of the Season, Gathers Speed as It Approaches North Carolina

The first named storm of hurricane season—Tropical Storm Arthur—formed off of Florida’s east coast Saturday and is strengthening as it approaches North Carolina’s Outer Banks as of Monday morning. The storm is moving at 14 mph in a north-northeast direction with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is about…
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May 17, 2020
Watch Roger Waters’ Social Distancing Rendition of Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’ Peace

Watch Roger Waters’ Social Distancing Rendition of Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’

Roger Waters released a socially distanced rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” Sunday, with the bassist performing The Wall classic with his touring unit via video. “Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world,” Waters tweeted. “Watching ‘Mother’ reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band…
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May 17, 2020
Google employees say the company culture that made it famous has almost entirely vanished, as it continues to be less transparent and more ‘corporate’ (GOOG, GOOGL) Be Evil

Google employees say the company culture that made it famous has almost entirely vanished, as it continues to be less transparent and more ‘corporate’ (GOOG, GOOGL)

Google's company culture, which became something of a Silicon Valley paradigm, has steadily become much more corporate, according to several current and former employees who say they long for the Google of days gone by."Things that worked for Google when it was a smaller company have stopped working." Employees describe…
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May 17, 2020
Quotation of the Day… Protectionism

Quotation of the Day…

… is from page 7 of Bas Van Der Vossen’s and Jason Brennan’s excellent 2018 book, In Defense of Openness: Knowing what actually has a history of making a difference helps one appreciate what’s morally appropriate to demand of others. And flawed moral principles often look attractive because they match…
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May 17, 2020