The Amazon headquarters game has nearly reached its peak of absurdity. As of this morning every town and hamlet in Massachusetts has submitted a proposal. Some of the same people who were touting the Boston Olympics are now leading the cheering section for Amazon. We can be certain that Bezos is currently in secret negotiations with Atlanta--squeezing as many financial incentives and legal exemptions as he can. Most likely it will end up being a fully automated headquarters with no human presence at all-- just banks of computers with AI programs that write AI programs and robots to repair the robots that make the robots that deliver cardboard boxes to the last remaining humans on the planet.
Rex Tillerson is trying to get Saudi Arabia to form an alliance with Iraq to counter Iran in the Middle East. Perhaps he can make a pitch for Amazon while he's on the ground there. Nothing to lose, after all.
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