Anthony and James discuss the trends that they think will dominate the headlines in 2019:
https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/4045791/the-best-longform-stories-of-2019
Artificial Intelligence (2:00)
Blockchain (3:00)
Back to AI (4:00)
Cloud (6:00)
Regulation (9:00)
Alternative Data (14:00)
Quantum Computing (16:45)
M&A (17:30)
Market Data Fees (22:00)
WatersTechnology (24:00)
The Best Longform Outside of WatersTechnology (28:00)
Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection, Kiera Feldman (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trashed-inside-the-deadly-world-of-private-garbage-collection
Blood Will Tell, Pamela Colloff (ProPublica)
https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/mickey-bryan-murder-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/
“I Killed Them All”, Jessica Garrison (Buzzfeed)
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/martinez-hitman-cartel-black-hand-mano-negra-contract-killer
Inside Palmer Luckey’s Bid to Build a Border Wall, Steven Levy (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/palmer-luckey-anduril-border-wall/
Palantir Knows Everything About You, Multiple Writers (Bloomberg Businessweek)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/
The White Darkness, David Grann (New Yorker) — Great book, too.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness
America Beyond Detention, Multiple Writers (Observer)
https://www.texasobserver.org/america-beyond-detention/
How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million, Taffy Brodesser-Akner (NYT Mag)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/magazine/big-business-gwyneth-paltrow-wellness.html
Jose Mourinho’s Last Stand, Sam Borden
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25145480/jose-mourinho-last-stand
Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry, Elif Batuman (New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry
The Maraschino Mogul’s Secret Life, Ian Frazier (New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-maraschino-moguls-secret-life
A Kingdom of Dust, Mark Arax (California Sunday Magazine)
https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust
How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions, Jeff Maysh (The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions
