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Wednesday, May 05, 2021

WHAT THE PANDEMIC TAUGHT AMERICA

by George Salamon




"In the Great Recession more than a decade ago, big tech companies hit rough patches just like everyone else. Now they have become unquestioned winners of the pandemic economy," in "A perfect positive storm: Bonkers dollars for Big Tech," The New York Times, April 29, 2021


Every plague has 
its silver lining:
the people suffer,
high tech profits,
those who have
much, receive more,
next time around
I'll come back as
a Silicon Valley CEO
and avoid the rabble's
usual woe.


George Salamon, who lives and writes in St. Louis, MO, thinks "nice guys finish last in high tech" is what the great Yogi Berra might have said about this.