Matt Adams
@pov_mmga
creative soul curating ideas in an attention economy
Matt Adams
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“If Nike opened a hotel, I think we'd be able to guess pretty accurately what it would be like. If Hyatt came out with sneakers, we'd have no clue. Because Hyatt doesn't have a brand. They have a logo."
Matt Klein • Interview with Seth Godin: On Strategy, Stories & How to Hack Back
Seth Godin
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
amazon.com
CSO Recs
Cultural theorist Emily Segal—who spoke at VISIONS Summit LA—recently sounded a stark warning: youth culture is effectively “over.” Every form of rebellion has been cataloged, commodified, and re-circulated as content.
Brian Lange • Article
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: 9780062316097: Harari, Yuval Noah: Books
amazon.comCSO Recs
The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.comSam Altman's Method for Clear Thinking
youtube.com“The best marketers are farmers, not hunters. Plant, tend, plow, fertilize, weed, repeat. Let someone else race around after shiny objects.”
Matt Klein • Interview with Seth Godin: On Strategy, Stories & How to Hack Back
Seth Godin
When even transgression is pre-packaged for consumption, the last frontier of resistance is not creativity but nihilism—a bleak symptom of a culture that has posted, pinned, and monetized everything else.
Brian Lange • Article
The past is always in stock, the future is on pre-order, and the present is a single infinite-scrollable pane of now .