Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
AI AI Captain and
From When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media by Leonardo Bursztyn, Benjamin Handel, Rafael Jim ´ enez-Dur´an, and Christopher Roth
Music and
There’s an audience out there that will appreciate your work. Whether that audience is big or small is anyone’s guess, but if you’re chasing numbers, you might not ever find that audience.
a note from a believer:
Sari, I remember that as a kid, I always knew I was different, and wanted to show it. I’d tie my Converse shoelaces in the shape of a star, I’d zig when others zagged, I’d take pride in being Mexican in my mostly White North Carolina small town, and this all showed through in my work. I was Me. And somewhere along the way, th
... See moreThis is America and Human Stuff
This brutally honest account of homelessness in America was a tough read. I think about the fact that so many people live paycheck to paycheck and are stretched so thin. And I’m referring to the people you think are just fine. I can’t help but think there’s something big happening in America and I think it’s only going to get much worse. I’m generally an optimistic person, but I haven’t stopped thinking about how we had a chance when the pandemic hit and we blew it. We failed the test.
Is there a doctor in the house?
We are on day 4 of Ozzie having the Influenza A, and I can tell you it is particularly awful. 103+ fever, absolute misery and now respiratory awfulness.