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An #Outsider Newsflash: Introducing Amazon Go and the world’s most advanced shopping technology

We were just "blown" away" as we saw this that Amazon is testing in Seattle: 



 Fortune's @adamlashinsky reflected on it this morning in his latest commentary:





There it goes again. Amazon, the most disruptive retailer since Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward hit the scene is noodling again on something new. It’s called Amazon Go, a convenience-store-sized shop staffed by robots and sensors rather than humans.

As with much of what Amazon does, this is only a test. Its current Amazon Go store in Seattle is only open to employees for now. But Amazon is like a computer virus: It probes, it examines, it learns. And then it attacks. The company announced Amazon Go with a video, and Fortune’s Andrew Nusca and Robert Hackett also produced a video discussing the move. I’m with Nusca, who argues that Amazon is a master at building on top of its existing infrastructure. Just as Amazon Web Services was able to jumpstart itself by being its own best customer, Amazon’s massive distribution network is a natural partner to a chain of convenience stores.

Amazon doesn’t succeed at everything it does. (Think: Fire Phone.) Nor does it do everything quickly. It has been investigating the grocery business for years without achieving the dominance it has in online commerce. But when Amazon tries something new, it is worth paying attention.

And Still to USA they Get!

To leave home,

old friends,

with nothing,

but tales,

hope,

desire,

desperation,

fed,

into the ears,

somatized,

every breathe,

every step,

every dose,

of sleep,

tinged,

with arrival,

to USA,

a friend,

aunt,

uncle,

friend of,

a friend,

father,

mother,

were told,

it becoming,

a communal task,

to get,

the daughter,

or son,

to USA,

a street cabby-hole,

housing a trafficker,

is the first stop,

promises are made,

money,

a lot,

is exchanged,

the next day,

the cabby-hole,

and the trafficker,

disappear,

but still,

the hope,

desire,

to come,

to USA,

remains,

one,

two,

years,

pass,

revived plans,

goats and lamb,

chicken and cow,

entire estates,

are sold,

and still to USA they get.