Amazon hasn’t seized the world, but it’s working on it

Amazon hasn’t seized the world, but it’s working on it

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, speaks about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence's SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, DC, U.S. on March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files

Without question, this has been a peak year for Amazon.com Inc. paranoia. The company seems to be everywhere, eager to crush or absorb anything in its path. For you “Star Trek” nerds, Amazon is the Borg.

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