Roku was started at Netflix, but spun out as a new company just before launch in 2008. It now has a market cap of $22B.
Was this a mistake? I explore this question in today's @ScreenshotEssay:
Roku, Netflix, and the Relationship Between Hardware and Content
“It’s easier to piss people off and get attention; it’s a lot harder to do good and get attention.“ – MrBeast on the unfortunate incentive structure of the internet
Wider adoption of products like Kin may still be limited, as some of its ingredients, known as adaptogens, haven't been studied much by the medical profession. While ingredients like *Rhodiola rosea* have been proved to reduce cortisol, which is known to relieve stress and work as a sleep aid, others, such as GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a neuro... See more
“You have to remember, as a parent, you’re setting patterns that are going to last a lifetime. All you have to do is be loving. You don’t have to provide a smorgasbord of activities every day.”
working theory that being creative is less about originality and more about having the executional intensity to make many ideas real coupled with a high capacity to resist the fear of humiliation
But it’s far from clear whether the hustle economy represents a triumph of technological innovation and human creativity — or a failure on the part of the traditional economy and the social safety net.