Grim Reads Year Zero

Congressional testi-Comey tomorrow! I will be missing it for a family funeral, which will be only slightly sadder than watching the recently fired Director of the FBI describe what a creep our reality TV president is. Don’t hold your breath for anything that is worthy of impeachment based on Comey’s notes, which have already been released, but also don’t expect anything to make Donald Trump look less grotesque. Here are today’s worthwhile reads:

 

Barry Ritholtz sums up our changing society, in the context of retail.

 

Kate Baggeley at NBC about sex, robots and sex robots. The prospect of catching HPV at a robot brothel is about to go viral.

 

Markham Heid with Time Magazine wants you to lift heavy and bulk clean.

 

The writers at the Health Affairs blog think that automatic enrollment could help keep premiums down and move us towards universal coverage no matter what plan Congress adopts.

 

Finally, musicians may have found their savior in blockchain. “Blockchain” would have been a great title for a Soundgarden album. RIP Chris Cornell.