Wednesday morning news drop
Trucking industry working to get around catastrophic B.C. highway closures The 4 highway links between the Lower Mainland and B.C.'s Interior are closed, rattling supply chains. (CBC)
First fire, now floods: Why B.C. is trapped in a world of climate extremes Extreme weather events are connected: With heat comes wildfires, and with wildfires come changes to the soil that can exacerbate the effects of heavy rainfall (Globe and Mail)
Chandos Construction vows to be Net Zero by 2040 The Contractor has initiated a massive carbon reduction plan. Chandos president Tim Coldwell says his life philosophy, involving service to others, fits in well with his role with the company, which sees him working as part of a team towards higher goals. “It’s good for Chandos because it leads to differentiation, growth and opportunity for our employee owners,” he says. (Daily Commercial News)
Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves About one in five health-care workers has left medicine since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind. (The Atlantic)
Investors Know They Own Too Much Tech. This Analysis Shows That It’s Worse Than They Think. An alternative way of looking at market-cap weighted index funds shows that investor exposure to the sector is higher than it was during the tech bubble. (Institutional Investor)
Investors Hung Their Hats on Peloton and Zoom Last Year. What Now? Some “stay-at-home” stocks that were pandemic-era darlings have experienced brutal sell-offs. (New York Times)
Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare In the "smart nation," robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different. (Rest of World)
The Case for Patience on Inflation: A close read of the data so far suggests that the current price pressure is still confined to the same batch of idiosyncratic sectors that have been driving inflation all year. Moreover, measures of actual consumer behavior suggest that Americans are responding to higher prices not by hoarding in anticipation of even more inflation, but by postponing their spending in the expectation that affordability will improve. (The Overshoot)
Stephen Curry’s Scientific Quest for the Perfect Shot The NBA’s best shooter decided the basket was too big. He used technology to make it smaller. The goal: ‘swishes within swishes.’ (Wall Street Journal)
Kevin Durant Can Score From Anywhere. Defenses Don’t Know What to Do. The midrange game has largely fallen out of favor in the N.B.A., but not when Durant is on the court. (New York Times)
Why Skyfall is a masterclass in cinematography. It’s a credit to his photographic and cinematographic skills that it isn’t always about adjusting the image later but getting it correct in camera. Photographers take note, even when shooting James Bond, it comes down to the basics: good lighting, composition, knowledge of ISO, exposures, apertures and colour. (Kat Clay)