This week we actually came prepared to talk about a big topic - unions in tech and in general. We discussed the Kickstarter union oral history podcast from the NYU Engelberg Center (https://eclive.engelberg.center), and a deeper discussion about when a union is good and what it means for tech. Denny also goes into depth about the hidden but different business models between Fedex and UPS, and how organized labor affects their bottom lines. Lastly, we cover briefly tech companies like Instacart firing all of their recently unionized workforce to look more like Fedex's franchise model.

Here are some links mentioned in this ep:

Comparison between Fedex and UPS: http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/winter2004/winter20041.html

NRLB vs. Federal Express: https://casetext.com/case/fedex-home-delivery-v-nlrb

We've been prototyping some offline-first tech for the past week.

Last week we did not post our jelly log, for a variety of reasons which we discuss on this recording. So, we turned our discussion onto the topic of social cooling, how to encourage honesty in science, and the gaps that are still missing in the indie science pipeline today.

It's been an interesting year.

We hark the end of the holidays.

This week we talk about the anime "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!" and the difference between a thought and an idea.

We recap our year of experiments and learning, and describe a new idea for a Onlyfans for science, kind of.

Misc talk story while being thankful by jelly

Sake is made with rice that is polished because the outside is ugly but the inside is beautiful.

This past week, we hung out in Laie for a few days as we holed up and worked on side projects and prototypes.