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Marker’s Weekend Reads: Revisiting Y2K, Thanksgiving Struggles, Inside the Disney Layoffs
Looking for a great read this weekend? Marker’s editors have compiled a list of some of the thought-provoking articles on Medium that we’ve been reading and talking about. Enjoy your weekend and happy reading (and highlighting!).
In this profile of identity certification company Clear, OneZero writer Dave Gershgorn details how it has expanded way beyond its initial airport screenings — and during the pandemic has set its sights on the healthcare business. — Sarah Kessler, Senior Editor, One Zero and Marker
It might be the understatement of the century to say that 2020 has been a scary year. But as Bärí A. Williams explains in ZORA, we can learn a lot about our current uncertainty from a scare that took place just twenty years prior: Y2K. While the computer crisis itself never happened, the resulting fear forced consumers to hoard food, stash money under their mattress, and buy more guns. Sound familiar? — Jean-Luc Bouchard, Senior Platform Editor…
