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Weekend Reads: November 21, 2020

Welcome to Lowercase Weekend Reads. Our weekend reads highlight the most important articles of the week.

Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy

I enjoyed this interview. It’s refreshing to get Obama’s views on the current state of the U.S. Say what you will about the man but he sure can deliver a message. 

Joe Biden's transition team has to decide who to hire from Big Tech

This is one of the most critical issues of the next 10 years no doubt. And of course big tech wants to get a big seat at the table. We will see if this will be a revolving door between tech and government. If a lot of these people get a seat at the table don’t expect major changes to legislation that hinders the power of big tech...

The Never-Ending Crisis of the Electoral College - The Big Picture

During our last podcast we discussed the relevancy of the electoral college. This is a great piece exploring the electoral college. “Clearly, this is an absurd system. No other country has anything like it. It exists because the Founding Fathers were deeply distrustful of pure democracy.”

The Magic of Mushrooms

Love this and I am all for it! We need to be more open minded regarding this subject. 

The Big Lessons From History 

This guy is a freaking alchemist with words. This is one of the most creative pieces of writing I've read lately. You won’t regret reading this.