Weekend Reading - Some Interesting Stuff

Just like low-cost airlines charge us for every additional feature, apparently, Boeing does the same to them! There were 2 critical safety features that Boeing sells as optional, which could have prevented the recent catastrophic crashes. Standard 737 Max planes are not equipped with a so-called angle of attack indicator or an angle of attack disagree light. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/business/boeing-safety-features-charge.html

Amazon is planning to launch close to 2000 brick-and-mortar retail supermarkets in the US. It will be Amazon’s sixth physical retail format after Whole Foods, Amazon Books, Amazon Go, Amazon 4-Star and Amazon Pop-Up. Though Amazon is a behemoth in online retail, it's market share in overall retail in the US is small (between 5%-8% based on estimates). Now, it may be gearing up to challenge that position.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/amazon-grocery-store/

While on the topic of Amazon, here is a detailed look at how Amazon progressively improved its online retail business to get where it is today.

https://zackkanter.com/2019/03/13/what-is-amazon/

I have found that being able to do the basic things well lead to excellent results. Now there is research which proves me right.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-surprising-value-of-obvious-insights/

We are now very close to having the technology to bring back extinct animals. Here is an article on why it does not make sense to do so (other than of course the horrors of a Jurassic Park kind of tragedy!!)

https://qz.com/1566083/we-shouldnt-bring-back-extinct-animals-like-the-woolly-mammoth/