Dani Murphy

Today, more creatives appear to be taking steps to safeguard their creative legacies. The Trump presidential campaign recently found itself in hot water for pumping out soul singer Issac Hayes’ hit ‘Hold On, I’m Comin’ at campaign rallies. Fast Company reports that a federal lawsuit filed in August claims the song has been used unlawfully by the fo... See more

“Every time I have gotten overwhelmed by self-image or expectations, I have spiraled so far and hard that I end up avoiding mirrors. In a weird way, I think not looking at yourself all the time helps.”

It would be too easy to blame this entirely on podcasts, so I won’t. I’m going to blame it mostly on podcasts, partly on audiobooks and partly on devices that allowed you to carry TV round the house with you.

The opportunity for podcasts will get much, much bigger

Podcast revenues are expected to exceed $2B in 2022. YouTube, on the other hand, generated nearly $29B in video ad revenue in 2021 alone. In other words, the video market is vastly bigger than the podcast market. As more and more podcasters turn to video, more revenue will be unlocked for thei... See more

Moodboarding as a practice is maxed out. It’s become a nearly absurdist consumer hobby, and it’s part and parcel of our algorithmic reality, targeted yet vague. Similarly, slop can’t be meaningfully curated because there are too many actors, algorithms, and microtrends being expressed simultaneously, in too many automated iterations.

Abraham Lincoln. Dude was president at a time when half the country preferred war to abandoning slavery. His life was under constant threat by his enemies. In his personal life, two of his sons had died in childhood and he was struggling with crippling depression.

And yet, during his second inaugural address in 1865, he called for “malice towards n... See more

“If you run from technology, it will chase you.”10

Redwood forests are impressive, but their height and strength come from a surprising interdependence: the trees rely on one another for support.