ABOVE THE FOLD #31

Morning y'all! Hit the streets at 5:30 this AM for a covid test - still in line 4 hours later. People out here like they're getting the new iphone! Crazy. Any way - getting this one out before t-day. Special 10-linker edition. Have a good one!

The links

1. The best inventions of 2020 (time)

2. Bezos' first Amazon job posting

3. Opportunity: a course about how to do email

4. Best things to increase longevity

5. Pet delivery specialists are in high demand

6. Fun 2006 FB story

7. The next retail wave: luxury health

8. Utah's first wildlife overpass

9. The AstraZeneca vaccine is some real life superhero shit

10. Netflix has pulled ‘Chappelle’s Show’ at Dave's request (why)

The full video: highly recommend watching the full Chappelle video. It's 18 min, and worth every second.

X, but without water: a FAQ I get is how I come up w/ new ideas. One approach is to look at a trend and extrapolate. For ex: take Tru Earth's laundry strips. Detergent is ~all water and shipped in single use plastic jugs = heavy, takes up space, bad for planet. So they made a water-less version that's 95% lighter, cheaper to ship, + better for planet. Same story w/ Blueland, except for cleaning sprays. There is a laundry list (hehe) of products that could be made and shipped cheaper + more eco-friendly if you reinvent w/o water. You can try applying this same type of thinking to other trends.