It's a studiously apolitical book but Marc Levinson's THE BOX (2016), a detailed history of containerized shipping, is a really great way to understand how the global supply chain works - and how terrifyingly precarious it is.
Those store shelves could be empty a *lot* more quickly than many people think.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/the-box?srsltid=AfmBOoqXsS0CLVSoje_8d4RVV7xiLFh... ...
"There's more to life than being able to buy cheap garbage," sagely intones your friend from high school who became homicidally angry and had a complete mental breakdown from which he has never recovered because he couldn't go to big box stores and chain restaurants for 3 weeks in 2020. ...
I don't know how The Algorithm did this, but it did it. ...
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mike says:
David Hasselhoff is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This animated .gif should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
Ed says:
David Hasselhoff is on his way to becoming the next Shatner. He is going to make this new sort of career among nerds and hipsters based entirely on the fact that he is a giant tool. Mark my words.
mike says:
In 30 years, 2020s, Baywatch will look as completely alien and bizarre and reflecting a worldview that couldn't possibly have existed as Star Trek in the 1990s. I believe it.
Scott says:
I hate you, Ed.
erik says:
kind of mesmorizing in some kind of sick "I am staring at Hasselhof's crotch" sort of way.