Science and tech headlines: 

• Google’s internet browser, Chrome, will block cookies starting in early 2022. John and Rebecca discuss the implications. 
• Cuba’s three-jab Soberana 2 vaccine has qualified for approval from the WHO, giving the world one more tool in the fight against COVID-19.  

News items:

• BuzzFeed is negotiating the purchase of Complex Networks, and it has plans to merge with a SPAC and go public soon. But it might all be for naught – John explains why he thinks most digital media companies are doomed. 
• According to The New York Times media reporter Ben Smith, Tucker Carlson has been leaking stories about Trump and Fox News to the mainstream press for years. John explains why the news is underwhelming.
• Supply chain woes will probably lead to inflation faster than experts expected. Rebecca says she’s sticking with Fed chair Jay Powell. 
• Economic historian Adam Tooze is out with a timeline of the Biden administration’s evolution from dovish to hawkish vis-à-vis China. Rebecca and John discuss what role the strategic consulting firm WestExec might have played in that evolution, and how Trump can make hay of it in 2024.

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