Tag: jeff bezos
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Welcome to the Age of the Broligarchs | Vince Bzdek
One of the most remarkable things about the inauguration Monday was the prominence of place given to tech titans during the ceremonies. Magnates worth more than $1 trillion were seated right behind the president and a row ahead of Donald Trump’s Cabinet as Trump was sworn in. Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO…
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Don’t forget amuse-bouche on your dopamine menu | Live Well
I love a good neurotransmitter. Glutamate, GABA, serotonin, endorphins. And the always reliable dopamine, which just plain makes you feel like this precarious life thing isn’t quite as hard as it often feels. Dopamine helps us feel pleasure and enjoy better focus, concentration, memory, sleep, mood and motivation. There’s a reason why people do super…
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Americans are good at democratizing things. Space is next. | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sixty years and two months after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and their guests became the first private passengers to reach space aboard private rocket ships, and Bezos’s rocket just happened to be dubbed the New Shepard.…
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Americans are good at democratizing things. Space is next. | Vince Bzdek
Sixty years and two months after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and their guests became the first private passengers to reach space aboard private rocket ships, and Bezos’s rocket just happened to be dubbed the New Shepard. The touchdowns of Bezos’s rocket last week and Shepard’s six…
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2021 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs will be hybrid event
The Space Symposium will be a hybrid in-person and online event in August to comply with state COVID-19 pandemic restrictions limiting attendance to nearly 6,000, the Space Foundation announced Wednesday. The Colorado Springs-based foundation opened registration Friday for in-person attendance at the event, scheduled for Aug. 23-26 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. It will…