A Reminder Of What We Have In Common
“It’s easy to put people in boxes. There’s us and there’s them.”
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Trump Isn’t The Start Of An Era – He’s The End Of One
“In short order he will completely and irrevocably alienate all the growing political constituencies of the 21st century: the Millennial generation, people of c...
Persistence Is Undervalued
“In one experiment, they gave participants 10 minutes to come up with as many creative ideas as they could. Then, they surprised the participants with an extra ...
This Is What’s Happening To The Media Business
“The shift of both escapism and story-telling away from traditional TV are noteworthy in their own rights; equally important, though, is that they are happening...
What Happens If Millennials Don’t Want To Live In Cities?
“Are large numbers of millennials really so enamored with city living that they will age and raise families inside the urban core, or will many of them, like ea...
How To Tell A Powerful Story
“The filmmakers I most admire recognize the value of teasing. People are in such a rush to get the action sequences going fast that they forget there’s pleasure...
How To Fix Internet Publishing
“This is the single most immutable rule of media, folks. Publishing is community. And if you don’t know who your community is, you’re screwed.”
Art Is Theft
“Great things are done by a series of smaller things brought together. Steal from around you — it’s not where you take things from, it’s where you take them to....
Five Books You’ve Never Heard Of That Will Change Your Life
“Most of us read the wrong things. As Haruki Murakami put it, reading what everyone else reads means you’re probably going to think what everyone else thinks.”
Most Risk Takers Are Actually Risk Averse
“Humans love rags-to-riches stories. We worship college dropouts like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey. We love how they risked it all and made it big. ...