Friday news drop
Can't Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World The New six-film series from Adam Curtis the producer of Century of Self and Power of Nightmares premiered on BBC iPlayer on February 11th, 2021. This new series of films tells the story of how we got to the strange days we are now experiencing. And why both those in power - and we - find it so difficult to move on. Video review at the (Gardian) and video streaming on (Thought Maybe)
2022 Audi E-Tron GT First Look: Bigger Muscles on the Juice Audi’s all-electric grand tourer translates the concept’s appeal into a serious driving machine. (Motor Trend)
How Covid led to a $60 billion global chip shortage for the auto industry Automakers are expected to lose billions of dollars in earnings this year due to a shortage of highly important semiconductor chips. Consulting firm AlixPartners expects that the shortage will cut $60.6 billion in revenue from the global automotive industry this year. Semiconductor chips are used in new vehicles for areas including infotainment systems, power steering and brakes. (CNBC)
Posthaste: Why the Fed may hit the brakes before the Bank of Canada — and what it means to the loonie 'Look for the Fed to shift its guidance by the end of this year' (Financial Post)
Markets Are Always Changing “As soon as you figure out the key to the market, they change the locks.” (The Irrelevant Investor)
Is This 1929 or 1998? Equity valuations in the US are quite high. How high? Going back to 1871, the only periods in history with a CAPE above 39 are as follows… September 1929 March 1998 to January 2001 Today (Compound)
Reddit Is America’s Unofficial Unemployment Hotline As unemployment claims shot up early in the pandemic, so did posts on r/Unemployment, one of the many topic-based forums on the site known as subreddits. In January, nearly 10 months after the first lockdowns, the forum had one of its busiest weeks ever, driven by delays in payments and uncertainty around legislation signed late last year. (New York Times)
Convicting Donald Trump is a good start, but America’s problems run deeper than one man A couple of days after the Capitol Hill riot, it was announced that outgoing United States President Donald Trump would not be attending his successor’s inauguration. Then-president elect Joe Biden described it as, “one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It’s a good thing him not showing up.” (Globe and Mail)
It’s Not Only Trump on Trial The Senate must pass judgment on his methods—and on all who aspire to adopt his methods as their own in the political contests ahead. (Atlantic)
All The Ways That Tom Brady Is Football’s GOAT As the NFL’s all-time leader in QB wins, touchdown passes, championships won and Super Bowl MVPs, Brady has long since erased any doubt that he is the greatest in history at football’s most important position. All we can do now is rattle off the many different dimensions by which Brady is, in fact, the best ever. (FiveThirtyEight)
An old friend (Dylan Korba) was filming for this video when I was up in Whistler last year. It was nice to get out on a ride and reminisce about the old trials days even if the uphill climb nearly killed me. Korba is now an Architect living in Pemberton and working in Whistler.