Travel is now a fantasy. Science fiction is current affairs. | Ep. #78

In this episode:

• This is the first episode of the New Year 2022, so happy New Year, everyone!
• My New Year's resolution is to follow George Carlin's conversation policy 
• The brutal Australian Open men’s finals
• Nearly 50 percent of the world still needs to get vaccinated. And so why aren't we doubling down on getting the remaining half of the world vaccinated by lifting vaccine patents and sharing recipes
• "Moving the production plants closer to customers" should be the operations and supply chain strategy of pharma companies producing coronavirus vaccines
• The James Webb Space Telescope is currently one million miles away from Earth--much, much farther away from the moon, which is 238,900 miles away from Earth
• Elon Musk's Neuralink company is about to begin human trials to test brain implants. And a man with life-threatening heart disease has received a heart from a genetically modified pig.
• Rest In Peace, Meat Loaf
• Taylor Swift's brutal response to Damon Albarn, who discredited her work by saying she doesn't write her songs
• And everything else

 

 

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