Episode 149: The Biggest Stories from 2018

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