<description>&lt;p&gt;Ben, James, and Brandon discuss the start f their quarantine [which by definition is supposed to last 40 days], via the web about what's happening, where we may be headed, and what constants have been destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ben, James, and Brandon discuss the start f their quarantine [which by definition is supposed to last 40 days], via the web about what's happening, where we may be headed, and what constants have been destroyed.

Episode 37: Our Start to the Quarantine

<description>&lt;p&gt;If you predict the future far enough into the future, no one will remember if you're right or if you're wrong. So go big.&lt;/p&gt;
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If you predict the future far enough into the future, no one will remember if you're right or if you're wrong. So go big.

Episode 36: 2020. To Infinity and Beyond!

<description>&lt;p&gt;The crew looks back at the year of 2019, from creepy to awesome and back again.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
We've looked at the data. You're smart and you know how to use the Internet. That means you don't need us to post links to articles. &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
However, if you enjoy the links in the show notes and the description let us know and we will see what we can do.&lt;/p&gt;
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The crew looks back at the year of 2019, from creepy to awesome and back again. 
 
We've looked at the data. You're smart and you know how to use the Internet. That means you don't need us to post links to articles. 
 
However, if you enjoy the links in the show notes and the description let us know and we will see what we can do.

Episode 35: 2019 Year in Review

<description>&lt;p&gt;Special guest, Anna G joins us in the GardenGrove to talk about AAPL, books we are reading, and to take shots at our beloved James as he galavants across Europe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;YOUR &amp;nbsp;LISTENING LINK COMPANION:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18644510/apple-wwdc-2019-recap-top-news-ios-13-mac-pro-os-catalina-xdr-ipados-announcements-summary-updates"&gt;WWDC Highlights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/visual-design/dark-mode/"&gt;Dark Mode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/here-are-your-best-myspace-pictures-from-the-00s"&gt;38 Myspace Pictures That’ll Take You Right Back To The ’00s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catalina-wine-mixer-2019-tickets-57053619913"&gt;Catalina Wine Mixer 2019&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/599750/top-40-tips-that-make-you-love-the-touch-bar/"&gt;Long Live the Touch Bar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bellus3d.com/"&gt;Face Scanning for the Masses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/09/27/apple-maps-six-most-epic-fails/#46d4c6e8df9d"&gt;Most Epic Fails of Apple Maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-kills-itunes/"&gt;RIP iTunes. Finally.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-reshapes-itself-stephen-schwarzman-college-of-computing-1015"&gt;MIT Reshapes Itself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1590703/jack-dorseys-health-routine-has-twitter-worried/"&gt;Jack Dorsey and Longevity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.butterflynetwork.com/"&gt;Butterfly IQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Rules-Technology-Stupidity-Bureaucracy/dp/1612195180"&gt;The Utility of Rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-after-on-podcast/id1265002699?i=1000438943543"&gt;After On: Cancelling PTSD with MDMA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Do-Nothing-Resisting-Attention/dp/1612197493/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+to+do+nothing&amp;amp;qid=1564616114&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;How to Do Nothing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Special guest, Anna G joins us in the GardenGrove to talk about AAPL, books we are reading, and to take shots at our beloved James as he galavants across Europe.
YOUR &nbsp;LISTENING LINK COMPANION: 

<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18644510/apple-wwdc-2019-recap-top-news-ios-13-mac-pro-os-catalina-xdr-ipados-announcements-summary-updates">WWDC Highlights</a>
<a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/visual-design/dark-mode/">Dark Mode</a>
<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/here-are-your-best-myspace-pictures-from-the-00s">38 Myspace Pictures That’ll Take You Right Back To The ’00s</a>
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catalina-wine-mixer-2019-tickets-57053619913">Catalina Wine Mixer 2019</a>
<a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/599750/top-40-tips-that-make-you-love-the-touch-bar/">Long Live the Touch Bar</a>
<a href="https://www.bellus3d.com/">Face Scanning for the Masses</a>
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/09/27/apple-maps-six-most-epic-fails/#46d4c6e8df9d">Most Epic Fails of Apple Maps</a>
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-kills-itunes/">RIP iTunes. Finally.</a>
<a href="http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-reshapes-itself-stephen-schwarzman-college-of-computing-1015">MIT Reshapes Itself</a>
<a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1590703/jack-dorseys-health-routine-has-twitter-worried/">Jack Dorsey and Longevity</a>
<a href="https://www.butterflynetwork.com/">Butterfly IQ</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Rules-Technology-Stupidity-Bureaucracy/dp/1612195180">The Utility of Rules</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-after-on-podcast/id1265002699?i=1000438943543">After On: Cancelling PTSD with MDMA</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Do-Nothing-Resisting-Attention/dp/1612197493/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+to+do+nothing&amp;qid=1564616114&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1">How to Do Nothing</a>

Episode 34: You Can Have a Mac. Or a Mercedes. Choose Wisely.

<description>&lt;p&gt;"We knew they would build the Terminator, but we just didn't think it would be your Job Terminator. - James"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.t-3.com/work/the-trump-and-dump-bot-analyze-tweets-short-stocks-save-puppies-all-in-seconds" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Trump and Dump Bot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-system-automatically-fires-warehouse-workers-time-off-task-2019-4" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon Automatically Fires Workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18251326/ai-startups-europe-fake-40-percent-mmc-report" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Forty percent of ‘AI startups’ in Europe don’t actually use AI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cage-How-Computers-Changing/dp/0393351637" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;The Glass Cage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;SNL and Amazon Alexa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Life 3.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;I, Robot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/17/18629024/joe-rogan-ai-fake-voice-clone-deepfake-dessa" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;This AI-generated Joe Rogan fake has to be heard to be believed.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gizmodo.com/amazon-is-getting-closer-to-building-a-wearable-that-kn-1834973513" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon wearable to detect depression.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://qz.com/co/739931/elon-musk-to-now-personally-approve-any-tesla-expense-over-1-million/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Elon approves every expense over $1M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/event/texas-monthly-live-2019/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Texas Monthly Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.usefulwildplants.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Useful Wild Plants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

"We knew they would build the Terminator, but we just didn't think it would be your Job Terminator. - James"
<a href="https://www.t-3.com/work/the-trump-and-dump-bot-analyze-tweets-short-stocks-save-puppies-all-in-seconds" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Trump and Dump Bot</a>
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-system-automatically-fires-warehouse-workers-time-off-task-2019-4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon Automatically Fires Workers</a>
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18251326/ai-startups-europe-fake-40-percent-mmc-report" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Forty percent of ‘AI startups’ in Europe don’t actually use AI</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cage-How-Computers-Changing/dp/0393351637" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Glass Cage</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk" rel="noopener" target="_blank">SNL and Amazon Alexa</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Life 3.0</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">I, Robot</a>
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/17/18629024/joe-rogan-ai-fake-voice-clone-deepfake-dessa" rel="noopener" target="_blank">This AI-generated Joe Rogan fake has to be heard to be believed.</a>
<a href="https://gizmodo.com/amazon-is-getting-closer-to-building-a-wearable-that-kn-1834973513" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon wearable to detect depression.</a>
<a href="https://qz.com/co/739931/elon-musk-to-now-personally-approve-any-tesla-expense-over-1-million/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Elon approves every expense over $1M</a>
<a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/event/texas-monthly-live-2019/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Texas Monthly Live</a>
<a href="https://www.usefulwildplants.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Useful Wild Plants</a>

Episode 33: When AI Fires You - Beware the Time Off Task alert

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