Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
I think if I’d had any guidance, nothing would have happened
How 60 seconds completely changed a character
youtube.com“because from that point on, no one will know whether i’m telling the truth or lying” - Gene Wilder on why he needed to introduce willy wonka with the ‘i’m a cripple jk no i’m not’ bit
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
One of the wildest moments of this conversation for me was when I made a comment that I thought was just a universally believed truth about the post-platform internet: that people these days prefer individuals to brands. And then Nilay told me, “No, that’s wrong. It’s not people who are doing that; it’s the systems that deliver content to people” —... See more
Nilay Patel • NilayPatel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great
The “For You” pages of the world are right, I am interested in that content, but I’m not seeing it from my friends, or that one author I like, or that random blog I found when I was learning about an obscure hobby.
I miss human curation
you look at individuals, but I imagine you also get a sense of culture more broadly over time? through how artists relate to themselves, their work, and their lives?