Luxury, ‘Peak Car’, Madonna, Recycling, Man City
Brigadoon Weekly
August 19, 2018
Curation and commentary from Marc A. Ross
Reporting from Alexandria, Virginia
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ROSS RANT
So how good do you want to be?
Best in the city?
Best in the county?
Best in the state?
Best in the nation?
Best in the hemisphere?
Best in the world?
Make a choice and execute accordingly.
-Marc A. Ross | Brigadoon Founder + TLC
FIVE ARTICLES TO READ
The notion of luxury has become meaninglesshttp://bit.ly/2BrQ66v
"Just as we have seen with ‘craft’ and ‘natural’, the word ‘luxury’ has been appropriated by lazy marketers." -- Sebastien van Laere, strategic research director, The Future Laboratory
‘Peak Car’ and the end of an industry: In Germany—the birthplace of the modern automobile—carmakers are anticipating the day when people stop owning cars. https://bloom.bg/2Mzgak8
60 times Madonna changed our culture: Power. Innovation. Identity. Madonna has blended all of these and much more into a singular career. For her 60th birthday, we assessed her influence. https://nyti.ms/2BfJ703
The psychology behind why you always want to sit in the same seat https://qz.com/1349508/
"By establishing a personal territory, occupants avoid the daily need of negotiating with the external environment. Because they’re not wasting mental energy making themselves psychological comfortable in a new position every day, it makes it easier for them to achieve their goals, like concentrating on the lecture at hand."
Maria Konnikova shows her cards: The well-regarded science writer took up poker while researching a book. Now she’s on the professional circuit. https://nyti.ms/2KTqT4k
"Dr. Konnikova is an experimental psychologist trained at Columbia University. But her latest experiment is on herself. For a book she’s researching on luck and decision-making, Dr. Konnikova began studying poker."
READING LIST
FT's Business Book of the Year 2018 — the longlisthttps://on.ft.com/2MH5X2b
BRIGADOON EVENTS - FALL 2018
Brigadoon Annapolis | Salon Dinner + Lectures = September 20-21, 2018
Brigadoon Detroit | Salon Dinner = October 11, 2018
Brigadoon Cincinnati | Salon Dinner = November 1, 2018
Brigadoon Scotland 2018 = November 11-13, 2018
More details and ticket information @ thebrigadoon.com/events
PRODUCTIVITY
Seth Godin: "If someone insists on experiencing your experience before you give them the experience, it’s really unlikely you’re going to be able to delight them."
TRENDS
Med school debt: NYU said it will cover tuition for all its medical students, a first among the nation’s major medical schools and an attempt to expand career options for graduates who won’t be saddled with six-figure debt.
Recycling is counterproductive. It’s ineffective, inefficient, expensive, and legitimizes single-use items. http://bit.ly/2MuNOHU
The Colorado School of Mines' has created the first space mining degree: The space resources program will teach students about harvesting materials from the Moon, asteroids, and more.
The share of British adults owning a:
Desktop PC
2008: 69%
2018: 28%
Smartphone
2008: 17%
2018: 78%
HT BBC
US EV sales: More than 152,000 plug-in electric vehicles have sold in the US so far this year, putting 2018 on track for record sales.
SONG
Pearl Jam - In My Tree https://goo.gl/dgPp3Q
EAT + DRINK
Bon Appétit: America's best new restaurants 2018:
1. Nonesuch - Oklahoma City
2. Maydan - Washington, DC
3. Ugly Baby - Brooklyn
4. Freedman's - Los Angeles
5. Nyum Bai - Oakland
6. Nimblefish - Portland, OR
7. Che Fico - San Francisco
8. Yume Ga Arukara - Cambridge, MA
9. Drifters Wife - Portland, ME
10. Call - Denver
Bon Appétit: Portland, Maine, is the 2018 restaurant city of the year http://bit.ly/2OyZlmX
SPORT
Are super-nerds really ruining US sports? Jayson Werth is the latest athlete to complain that data and analytics are taking the joy out of sports. Can numbers live alongside individual brilliance? http://bit.ly/2Msv3F7
Evolve or die: Manchester City’s quest for innovation to breed domination http://bit.ly/2MvtQNk
