02/08/2021: Weekly Newsletter
Keeping it short and sweet this week as I stayed up watching the superbowl, which was a much-more one sided game than I had anticipated. This WSJ article had an interesting comparison between QBs Brady and Mahomes. And, I mentioned this a few months back, but recommend listening to this entertaining interview of Tom Brady on Armchair Expert.
Hope you all had a good weekend!
♫ Pod
In last week’s pod, my friend Jalpa and I talked about our experience with burnout. We had such a fun time covering everything from zoom call exhaustion, to our favorite late night snacks, and growing up in an immigrant family.
Listen here or subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify podcasts.
Money & Crypto
Big Tech getting bigger…seriously, the chart above is pretty astounding
Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO
Getting executives and managers’ incentives right and impact on stock performance
CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) looking into Venmo
Nigeria’s Central Bank closes accounts of crypto users
Tesla investing in bitcoin
Reliance Jio to embed e-commerce app in Whats App
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance minister of Nigeria, becomes first female leader of WTO
Sushi demand is growing during the pandemic
Going public: SquareSpace filed for IPO, WeWork in talks to combine with a SPAC
Tech & Science
♫ Dr. Fauci interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air and how vaccines are made
This is a pretty cool overview of how the earth’s tectonic plates have moved over the last billion years
FAA releases new rules on drones
Etc.
A great comparison between Tom Brady (and Patrick Mahomes, who both played in yesterday’s superbowl
This instagram account @pleasehatethesethings has become my new favorite and highlights features puzzling & hilarious interior design choices
Sir Captain Tom Moore passed away of COVID. I wrote about him a few months ago as he was a symbol of the UK’s fight against the pandemic, and as a 100 year old, helped raise ~$40M for the pandemic
Christopher Plummer, the iconic Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, passed away
♫ If you’re a long time reader of Wallet Street, you’ll have noticed that I tend to include obituaries from The Economist. The reason why is because they find such interesting people with fascinating lives that I have usually never heard about before. Obituary writer for The Economist Ann Wroe on a Q&A about her process, how she picks her subjects, and who she would love to invite to dinner. It is so so interesting.
Amanda Gorman, who read at the Inaguration, read another poem at the superbowl
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