The Weekly Goods 12.20.2020

Top 3 Articles I Read This Week:

Business

• Oracle is Moving Its Headquarters From Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas

• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/oracle-is-moving-its-headquarters-from-silicon-valley-to-austin-texas.html?__source=newsletter%7Cweekendbrief

• Goldman Plots Florida Base for Asset Management in a Blow to New York

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-06/goldman-plots-florida-base-for-asset-management-in-a-blow-to-nyc?cmpid=BBD120720_OUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=201207&utm_campaign=openamericas&sref=Duk62Xhh

• Peloton Shares Briefly Fall as Apple Announces Cheaper Rival Fitness Service Launches Dec. 14

• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/08/apple-announces-fitness-service-launches-dec-14-peloton-shares-fall.html?__source=newsletter%7Ctheexchange

(Impartial) Politics

• Ohio House OK's Bill to Ban Colleges From Blocking Controversial Speakers, Setting Up "Free Speech Zones"

• https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/12/ohio-house-oks-bill-to-ban-colleges-from-blocking-controversial-speakers-setting-up-free-speech-zones.html

• Obama, Bush and Clinton Will Take Coronavirus Vaccine and Might Film it to Build Confidence

• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/02/covid-vaccine-obama-will-take-doses-might-film-to-build-confidence.html?__source=newsletter%7Cmorningsquawk

• How the 2020 Election Deepened America’s White-Collar/Blue-Collar Split

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-2020-election-deepened-americas-white-collar-blue-collar-split-11606219208?mod=djem10point

Life

• Tips for Keeping a Gratitude Journal

• https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/tips_for_keeping_a_gratitude_journal

• The Nerdy Quarterback Who Solved Football—50 Years Ago

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nerdy-quarterback-who-solved-football50-years-ago-11606057081?mod=djemwhatsnews

• Oregon Decriminalized Drug Possession. Now It Has to Offer Treatment.

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/oregon-decriminalized-drug-possession-now-it-has-to-offer-treatment-11606226400?mod=djem10point

Top 3 Clips I Watched This Week:

Statistic I Learned This Week:

• Despite infectious diseases killing more humans than any war, the annual 2019 CDC budget was $7 billion. This is less than what the United States spends on the military every 4 days.

  • - No Mercy / No Malice

  • - cdc.gov

Book I Read This Week:

Quote I'm Pondering This Week:

“Patriotism used to be sacrifice, now it’s stimulus.”

- Scott Galloway

Archie