Molly
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Molly
Reading about do we need to get off social media or do we need to learn healthier habits of how to use it. I think that applies to us all - social media will always be there, it will always impact our daily lives and imprint upon the real world.
But not always. It does not always have to, and we do not always have to listen to what the algorithm
... See moreIn an effort to break out of the TikTok bubble, I’ve been making time to visit restaurants not just in the West Village, but to get out of my algorithm and go see the real world that lies beyond the influencer-saturated West Village. And there’s a whole other world out there. Some places that are not touched by social media or can’t be bothered
... See moreSix major media conglomerates own 90% of what Americans see1, and a small fraction of creators capture the vast majority of online attention.
Jasmine Bina • The Power Law That Shapes Every Strategy
Six major media conglomerates own 90% of what Americans see1, and a small fraction of creators capture the vast majority of online attention.
Jasmine Bina • The Power Law That Shapes Every Strategy
1. They actively seek out creatives to jam out initial thoughts / 2 cents.
2. No, they don't disappear for '2 weeks'.
3 They're incredible distillers. They can look at a brief and go, "ok the real issue is".
4. They understand that strategy is the starting point--not the finish line.
5. Along the process, they work with creatives to sharpen every thought.
6. If the research doesn't support your idea, they question the research.
7. They're secret creatives.
8. They genuinely make your ideas sound more legit.
9. You actually understand their set up slides, and not get bamboozled by chakra-looking slides.
10. In fact, they don't fetish over frameworks. If it helps the work, they'll use it.
11. They understand that the proposition is not a headline. (thank you)
12. They often say. "I'm not sure, let's try".
13. The best strategy slides will make your creative look like 'the obvious answer to the business problem' and not in a bad way.
14. Most have a certain kind of humour. I can't put my finger on it.
15. They can appear to be rigid; only to people who don't appreciate strategy and its intent.
Meghan Sullivan, a philosopher at the University of Notre Dame, contemplates these questions in her book “
Time Biases: A Theory of Rational Planning and Personal Persistence
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Time Biases: A Theory of Rational Planning and Personal Persistence
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For Sullivan, all of these time biases are mistakes. She advocates for temporal neutrality—a habit of mind that gives the past, the present, and the future equal weight.
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Others complain that we are too focussed on the past, or with the sentimental reconstruction of it. Past, present, future; history, this year, the decades to come. How should we balance them in our minds?
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But, if their inaction is a betrayal, it’s most likely not a malicious one; it’s just that our current pleasures and predicaments are much more salient in our minds than the fates of our descendants.