Episode 192: The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed

17/04/2020 49 min

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This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about the pros and cons of virus tracking, health data tracking, robot cooks, and word choice
Rehanging a door == [If You Give a Mouse a Cookie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IfYouGiveaMouseaCookie)
Instacart (https://instacart.com/)
Sam’s Club (https://www.samsclub.com/)
Radiolab Dispatch (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/dispatch-numbers)
Viewer mail: Adam Fuhrer says… Hey David, just wanted to say thanks for mentioning colors.lol (https://colors.lol/) on your podcast. Love the show! Hope you're doing well.
Apple and Google detail bold and ambitious plan to track COVID-19 at scale (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/apple-and-google-detail-bold-and-ambitious-plan-to-track-covid-19-at-scale/)
Singapore introduces contact tracing app to slow coronavirus spread (https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-introduces-contact-tracing-app-to-slow-coronavirus-spread/)
GoodRx Shares My Prescriptions With Third Parties—and It's Perfectly Legal (https://gizmodo.com/goodrx-shares-my-prescriptions-with-third-parties-and-i-1841772965)
Making French fries sucks. This robot does it for $3 an hour with no breaks (https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-27/flippy-fast-food-restaurant-robot-arm)
The Meritocracy Trap (https://www.themeritocracytrap.com/)
'Would you be willing?': words to turn a conversation around (and those to avoid) (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/04/would-you-be-willing-words-turn-conversation-around)
Nonviolent Communication (https://nonviolentcommunication.com/)
Cutting Room Floor
* IMissTheOffice (https://imisstheoffice.eu/): an ambient noise generator specializing in recreating the pre-coronavirus audial world of fluorescent lights, watercooler conversation, and beeping office electronics
* Amazon Dating (https://amazondating.co/)
* Best motto ever: Allegheny Shredders (https://twitter.com/lifewinning/status/778728396499013634)
We Give Thanks
* The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
* Adam Fuhrer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfuhrer/) for colors.lol (https://colors.lol/)