Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Creator of the Noahpinion blog/newsletter Interview starts at 11:40 and ends at 56:07 Links Note: I will be discussing my interview with Noah Smith Saturday February 20, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I had originally planned the Clubhouse room for 1 p.m. but now realize that’s pretty early for a Saturday morning, especially on the West Coast.  Amazon’s Day 1 Editions products “What’s Amazon’s Secret?” by Jonathan A. Knee at The New York Times - February 13, 2021 Noah Smith’s Noahpinion blog and newsletter Noah Smith on Twitter “It’s not Cancel Culture, it’s Cancel Technology” by Noah Smith at Noahpinion - February 16, 2021 (behind paywall) Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality blog Gamergate controversy - Wikipedia “Here’s what you need to know about Clubhouse, the invite-only social app” by Tim Marcin at Mashable - January 4, 2021 “Fretting About Inflation May Be Just the Cure We Need” by Noah Smith at Bloomberg Opinion - February 18, 2021 Upcoming Guests Next week: Dean Koontz, author of The Other Emily, a novel available for pre-order with release on March 23, 021 Friday, March 3: C J Box, author of Dark Sky, Book 21 in the Joe Pickett series, available for pre-order with release March 2, 2021 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.