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# Country Roads, Take Me Home
- URL: https://makoism.com/country-roads-take-me-home/
- Published: 2020-02-29T22:27:16.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-29T22:27:16.000Z
- Description: To the place I belong...
- Author: Steve Makofsky
- Tags: makoism, #newsletter-makoism, #substack

Still experimenting a bit with the format as this evolves, and would love any feedback to hear if these finds are useful or thought provoking. I certainly don’t want to waste people’s time, just passing along things I find interesting.

## Here’s this weeks “Deep Links”

From the “oldies but goodies”, a look a what you could buy with the entire worlds net worth of $241 trillion. [More](https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/03/combined-wealth-world.html)

A look at forgiveness and the mental health benefits of not carrying around a pile of resentment with you. However, always remember — “forgiving doesn’t necessarily mean forgetting”. [More](https://markmanson.net/forgiveness)

I’ve always joked that the weakest link in my home security is my family; Even scarier when the new attack surface is **you**. [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQP0On85ZdQ&feature=share)

“Don’t think too much about your life after dinnertime.” — some interesting advice on dealing with problems in the daylight. [More](https://austinkleon.com/2018/08/27/a-very-simple-rule/)

The Mandalorian still continues to surprise and amaze me. Instead of using traditional blue and green screens for special effects, they used rear-projection on “a dynamic, real-time, photo-real background played back on a massive LED video wall and ceiling” all based on the Unreal game engine. [More](https://ascmag.com/articles/the-mandalorian)

Quick read on paradigm shifts and the most dangerous words in technology — “we have always done it this way”. [More](https://winterwindsoftware.com/paradigm-shifts/)

Still keeping my eyes (or ears, in this case) on podcasting; I think there’s an ever growing place for this. Staples is opening up podcasting “studios” in their stores in Boston as an experiment. [More](https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/19/staples-podcast-recording-studios)

One of my favorite TED Talks, JJ Abrams on “The mystery box”. [Watch](https://www.ted.com/talks/j%5Fj%5Fabrams%5Fthe%5Fmystery%5Fbox?language=en)

A sobering look at laying out human lifespan visually. [More](https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html)

## Closing Thoughts

> *I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me*  
> *The radio reminds me of my home far away*  
> *Driving down the road, I get a feeling*  
> *That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday*  
> *Country roads, take me home*  
> *To the place I belong*  
> *West Virginia, mountain mama*  
> *Take me home, country roads*