bierkergaard

I was introduced to the power of shopping on Amazon.com from a woman I was and am good friends with...she was buying her nieces gifts and shipping them over a decade ago directly to Texas without first having bought retail, wrapped, and then sent. That seemed like a great way to cut the corner, rather than a protracted gift purchasing project. Amazon made me a cheerful giver because it was clean and efficient. With all of the negative press recently about how Amazon abuses its employees, forcing them to go all in and obliterate work-life balance, especially women who are moms, it makes me wonder if the issue that is driving such a Darwinian approach is actually the insatiable consumer demand, often from the same audience, who want their stuff yesterday? In other words, think about why it is happening. We are time-and-energy deprived from work, so we need to get stuff done quick and may be buying stuff to try an fill the abyss of our souls. If one finds a lion chasing you, get the...