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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - April 7th, 2024

This week, New York experienced a 4.8 earthquake. Now, a few days later, we're going to have a solar eclipse. Can you imagine this happening even a few hundred years ago? We'd be burning witches at the stake to try and appease the heavens. 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

• Your Last Minute Guide to America's Best Solar Eclipse Since 1806. (Forbes)
• Israel Scrambles GPS Signals as Country Girds for Potential Retaliation From Iran. (Wall Street Journal)
• Visual Summary of Thinking in Bets. (AnnieDuke)
• The White House Tells NASA to Create a New Time Zone for the Moon. (EnGadget)
• The Men's College Basketball Final Four Teams Earn $19.3 Million in Revenue. The Women's Teams Earn 27% of That. (Insider)

 

Trading Links:

• The Costco Shoppers Putting $2,000 Gold Bars in Their Carts. (Wall Street Journal)
• How Far $100 Goes at the Grocery Store After Five Years of Food Inflation. (Wall Street Journal)
• The Economics of American Lotteries. (Economist)
• Microsoft's $100 Billion Generative Artificial Intelligence Splurge Could Send this Stock Soaring. (MotleyFool)
• There are Almost 10,000 Satellites Orbiting Earth—And That's Creating a Booming Space Economy. (FastCompany)

 

 

The Evolution of Michael Jackson

This lighthearted post has something to do with artificial ...  but nothing to do with artificial intelligence.

While doing my weekly reading and web browsing (which is how I pick those links you probably think an algorithm selects), I happened upon a post about Michael Jackson on Twitter (now called X), and I enjoyed it (or at least was drawn to click and watch it). 

I grew up a huge Michael Jackson fan. As a kid, I watched the Jackson 5 Saturday morning cartoon show. His albums were the soundtrack to my college years. Later, my first wife and I saw him in concert several times. We shared that love with our youngest son, Zach. 

It's funny to look back on, but Zach used to dance to Michael Jackson's songs on stage at his Elementary School talent shows or at random restaurants. There was no choreography ... but lots of movement. I still smile when I think about it. 

You might smile (or shake your head) while watching this short video chronicling the evolution of  Michael Jackson's face changes from birth to death. 

 

via MikeBeast

It's a staggering difference. I won't pretend to know what led him to make the changes, but they're substantial. 

That being said, his music is both timely and timeless - which is very rare. He managed to make music in each era that fit in with the times but still felt very Michael Jackson. 

 

via MikeBeast

 

Gone too soon!