James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
Students at NYU asked the creators of South Park the million-dollar question:
“What makes a good story?”
They gave one of the best explanations of story I’ve heard:
“If we can take the beats of your outline, and the words ‘and then’ belong between those beats… you got… Show more
Disarmingly simple. Like all good thinking.
Will.i.am details his ‘biggest concern’ about AI #shorts
youtube.comWe believe that what makes a fantastic workplace isn’t a great office or free meals and massages — although we have some nice perks. It’s the people. Imagine working alongside stunning colleagues who are great at what they do, and even better at working together. It’s why we model ourselves on a professional sports team, not a family. Families are ... See more
netflix.com • UNCOMFORTABLY EXCITING
Management & Leadership and Purpose. Mission. Etc.
The Netflix ‘Dream Team’.
The ultimate competitive advantage is actually giving a shit about the problem you're working on. When Airbnb had just a few dozen employees, Rocket Internet raised $90 million and hired hundreds of people to clone and crush them.
Stew Fortier • Tweet
As many lonely people discover far too late, the reliance of children on their parents and, subsequently, of parents on their children, and the reliance of members of communities on each other, are what fill our lives with meaning, our social bonds with substance and warmth, and our futures with hope.
Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures
" You never change things by fighting the existing reality. T o change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller
Throughlines
I think a lot about how we don’t have anything in software in the category of luxury.
https://youtu.be/it8xrIIC1cI?si=JdASJnDSetWvIlFW&t=636
(car nerd alert).
The point the journalist makes about a digital speedo replacing an analogue one is exactly this point about no such thing as luxury software.
I know a few things, but I still got a lot to learn.
CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ABANDONED THE PIGEONS.