Grant was cast to play Desdemona in an Army production of “Othello”) 1849 (the Astor Place theatre riots in Manhattan) 1865 (it turns out that both Abraham Lincoln and his assassin adored Shakespeare, “Macbeth” in particular) 1916 as the U.S. Shapiro structures his argument through eight specific years: 1833 (we learn that John Quincy Adams, bizarrely, hated the character Desdemona for falling in love with Othello, a Black man, and argued about it with a famous Shakespeare actress) 1845 (we discover that a young Ulysses S. The book maps out how Shakespeare’s plays have quietly (and at times, not so quietly) figured into major events and political periods in the world. This may not look like a “business book” per se, but it was the best nonfiction book I read in 2020, and the business of Shakespeare has been booming for four centuries, as Shakespeare scholar Shapiro outlines compellingly. Via Penguin Random House “Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future,” James Shapiro For the first time, there will be more computers than human brains, more sensors than eyes, and more robotic arms than human labor in manufacturing.” (Gulp.) - Daniel Roberts, editor-at-large Here’s Guillén on automation: “By 2030, technological change will usher in a new reality in which there will be billions of computers, sensors, and robotic arms in factories, offices, hospitals, schools, homes, vehicles, and all types of infrastructure. Some of that sounds good, some of it scary. ” Guillén expects that in 10 years, we on Planet Earth will be having fewer babies, enjoying more flexible work-life balance, distributing more wealth to women than men, transacting in more cryptocurrencies, and using far more computers and robots to perform tasks. Wharton professor Mauro Guillén runs through the laundry list in his book “2030. The most compelling question coming out of the pandemic will be: Which shifts prompted by the pandemic will continue, and which will slow or cease entirely? There are so many to consider: Working from home (beneficial to shares of Zoom, Slack, CrowdStrike, and so many other cloud and videoconferencing names) working out at home instead of at gyms (beneficial to shares of Peloton and Mirror-owner Lululemon) e-commerce gobbling up retail share from brick-and-mortar shopping delivery and curbside pickup for food and groceries digital payment apps vs. Martin's Press “2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything,” Mauro F.
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