Episode 983 • • 1:41:47 - 1:45:43
983: 3 Belts No Road
Amazon Expansion and the Death of Retail in Austin
Amazon announces the expansion of same-day delivery services in Austin, Texas, which the hosts link to the decline of traditional retail on 2nd Street. Dvorak reveals that several "news" clips played earlier were actually from 2011, demonstrating that the same technological and political issues have remained stagnant for six years. They discuss the high cost of electric bikes and the "industrial espionage" paranoia at local tech campuses like Samsung.