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1. Let's start with a new movie called, "Dumb Money". After watching the trailer for Dumb Money and seeing a couple of ads, the experience raised a question in my mind....is it OK to criticize a film one has never seen? Logic dictates that the answer is no. Call me illogical.
What turned me off initially was the commercial touting how the film"...gives a riotous middle finger to the capitalist swine on Wall Street." My, how deliciously Populist. The film creators have obviously positioned Dumb Money as a paean to the little guy fighting against the evil asset managers, punctuated with an F-bomb per minute, until the digitally-wired counter culture decks the big money guys holding a large short position.
Yes it happened, but I'm tired of class war art. In this case, people will make a lot of money by trashing Capitalism and its adherents. Quite a paradox.
2. Let's end with a positive take on American Express's new method to redeem cardmember reward points. In the old days, if you wanted to cover a portion of your card charges with points; you had to go through this ritual of scrolling through transactions and applying points individually by transaction, in order to obtain the credit against your balance of charges. Not anymore!
One click and the entire value of your points is credited against your next bill. No more trolling and scrolling through your transactions and applying points by transaction to obtain the credit. Stupendous.
