In this episode Shawn Geekory speaks fondly of Dr. Seuss and his childhood memories. Also Shawn's interesting perspective of the Mars Rover and how Amazon's logo got mistaken for one of the worst men in history, not by mistake. The world can be evil's and we are all aware of how bad it was in WW2 however, teal blue packaging tape is hardly a reminder!
0:00 Intro 0:18:11 Dr. Seuss a racist? 1:54:28 Mars Perseverance Rover 4:00:09 Amazon Logo Mistaken Identity 5:19:22 Outro
Dr. Seuss books pulled for racist depictions: https://loc.getarchive.net/media/ted-geisel-dr-seuss-half-length-portrait-seated-at-desk-covered-with-his-books
Mars Rover Story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nasa-mars-rover-test-drive-perseverance-1.5939218
Mars Rover: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24354425@N03/49815557101 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Zip ties: https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/49441812571 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Viking: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/4000008318/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Viking_Lander_on_Mars_(2187309333).jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Ingenuity: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA23720-Mars2020-Helicopter-20200714_(cropped).jpg