The Weekly Goods 09.20.2020

Top 3 Articles I Read This Week:

Business

• We’ve Seen This Movie Before

• https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2020/08/01/weve-seen-this-movie-before/?fbclid=IwAR0DhMwZ89EdB4L7pmn6clVU5oVNHGvymTTyCPW97GytxT7OF9IPwRyT4YM

• How Tim Cook Made Apple His Own

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-apple-steve-jobs-trump-china-iphone-ipad-apps-smartphone-11596833902

• These are the Companies Trying to Solve the World’s Plastic Waste Problem

• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/08/plastic-alternatives-heres-what-were-doing.html

(Impartial) Politics

• All Wrapped In One

• https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2020/09/01/all-wrapped-in-one/

• U.S. Debt Is Set to Exceed Size of the Economy Next Year, a First Since World War II

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-debt-is-set-to-exceed-size-of-the-economy-for-year-a-first-since-world-war-ii-11599051137?mod=djemwhatsnews

• What Happened to the Middle Class?

• https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2020/08/what-happened-to-the-middle-class/

Life

• The Opioid Crisis, Already Serious, Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-opioid-crisis-already-serious-has-intensified-during-coronavirus-pandemic-11599557401?mod=djemwhatsnews

• 10 Ways to Find Stillness in Turbulent Times

• https://ryanholiday.net/10-ways/

• Back to School? Look Out for Covid-Tracking Surveillance Tech

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/back-to-school-look-out-for-covid-tracking-surveillance-tech-11597150800?mod=djemwhatsnews

Top 3 Clips I Watched This Week:

Statistic I Learned This Week:

• Last month, COVID-19 claimed the lives of roughly 90 people in Germany, while it took the lives of 18,000 Americans (approximately 16 times as many Americans than those who lost their lives on 9/11/2001).

Book I Read This Week:

Quote I'm Pondering This Week:

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

- Confucius

Archie