Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains – and souls – need but that it’s easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and recommend just three links every week that you absolutely must see.
No fluff, no fuss, just three exceptional reads.
Here are this week’s recommendations:
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane (Maureen Tkacik / The American Prospect)
Those who cared too much about the integrity of the planes and not enough about the stock price were “phenomenally talented assholes,” and he encouraged his deputies to ostracize them into leaving the company. He initially refused to let nearly any of these talented assholes work on the 787 Dreamliner, instead outsourcing the vast majority of the development and engineering design of the brand-new, revolutionary wide-body jet to suppliers, many of which lacked engineering departments. The plan would save money while busting unions, a win-win, he promised investors. Instead, McNerney’s plan burned some $50 billion in excess of its budget and went three and a half years behind schedule.
The Expanding Table: Honoring Palestinian Culinary Tradition in Arkansas (Jordan P. Hickey / Longreads)
Amanda came to understand a greater significance to the meals than what appeared on her plate. They existed because she existed, and because her family existed. In every peaceful morning disrupted by the meat grinder and every lost bit of finger, there was dedication to tradition. A commitment, a precision she’s carried on as an adult—like coaxing recipe details from her dad’s memory, often via drawn-out text exchanges about how much salt, exactly, is in a “spoon.” That tradition is why she’s able to stand before a group of students and explain that there’s more on the plate than what meets the eye.
We Are Content Addicts (The Rest is Entertainment)
@restisentertainment We Are Content Addicts #dopaminedetox #restisentertainment ♬ original sound – The Rest Is Entertainment
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