Stephen Black

@maith

Video, photography, art, writing. Since 2015, however, focused on AR, Augmented Reality. launching newsletters

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⚡ Circus Adele

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In this video, Jenna spends 9 minutes and 30 seconds talking about the YouTube algorithm, screens a graphic showing how many watch hours she needs to start monetizing her videos, then implores the viewer to let the video run in the background to help her hit that watch-hour goal .

🔴 Never submit to the algorithm

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”

― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Dense Discovery – Issue 175

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Zero waste advocate Anne-Marie Bonneau is often quoted for having said: “We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” If you’re an imperfect vegan or vegetarian: congratulations and thank you, you’ve taken a step towards a more compassionate future! – Kai

Final Invitation: Angel investor and VC Zehra Naqvi told Insider that IRL social apps can be split into two buckets — event-focused apps for hosts and attendees that work way better than a Facebook Event invite (Partiful) and apps that organize “whimsical” events that attract people from their sheer uniqueness (Timeleft).

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⚡ Handshakes > Notifications

Watch: WSJ explores why technocrats are suddenly obsessed with having as many children as possible.

⚡ Helmet For Your Head Data

Aging societies and population decline have been on the rise globally, but in Japan, the situation has exasperated tenfold. A staggering 36.21 million people, or 28.9% of the populace, are 65 and over. Further, 74.6% of Japan’s 1,747 cities are categorized as shrinking, with urban policies struggling to keep up with the decline.

Honey, I shrunk the city: what should declining Japanese cities do? | Osaka Metropolitan University

Resurget Cineribus

Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus — Black On Both Sides

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha