New York Times (July 22)
“The shock waves from President Biden ending his re-election bid, after weeks of pressure to step aside, are still reverberating around the world…. Biden’s withdrawal opened a flood of Democratic donations, with more than $50 million pouring in on Sunday, in what one strategist said might be ‘the greatest fund-raising moment in Democratic Party history.’”
Tags: 50 million, Biden, Donations, Fund raising, Pressure, Re-election, Reverberating, Shock waves, Strategist, Sunday, Withdrawal
The Atlantic (July 21)
“Crucial systems across the world collapsed on Friday, triggered by one mistake in a single company…. It may end up being the worst information-technology disaster in history. This was not, however, an unforeseeable freak accident, nor will it be the last of its kind” unless we prioritize “decentralized resilience” over “hyperconnected optimization.”
Tags: Collapsed, Crucial, Decentralized resilience, Freak accident, hyperconnected optimization, IT disaster, Mistake, Systems, Triggered, Unforeseeable, Worst
