A workplace that encourages self-awareness is an environment where the most productive, curious, and innovative people thrive. | | | | Ron Howard and I discuss the media landscape, the kinds of stories that drive him, and more...
(Upfront Ventures) | | | | |  | “A workplace that encourages self-awareness is an environment where the most productive, curious, and innovative people thrive.”
| - | Neil Blumenthal, co-founder & co-CEO of Warby Parker |
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| | rantnrave:// Curated a ridiculous amount of great stuff this week so thought I'd send you guys a Sunday edition for the curious. Because that's what we do, curiosity... Last night I stayed in and continued my 4-year long obsession with the COLD WAR. AMAZON PRIME VIDEO is a great resource for documentaries on WWII (pre and post), espionage and Communists vs. Capitalists. They have tons of a la carte stuff to watch but I also subscribe to XIVETV, CURIOSITY STREAM, AND HISTORY VAULT to satiate my needs. With all the talk of that stupid wall, I decided to watch, "BUSTING THE BERLIN WALL." The description reads: "For 28 years, the Berlin Wall split a city and a whole nation. While the notorious dangers frightened many GDR citizens, there were others who tried to overcome it. Families fly across the border in a home-made hot air balloon or swing over the Wall hanging from a makeshift pulley. The Wall still works but Communism is crumbling behind it. Suddenly, the borders are open, and the Wall comes down." Millions were fleeing. They wanted freedom. A life with their countrymen. The wall prevented it. The stories of separation are heartbreaking. The stories of escape and reunion are nothing short of amazing. Then I turned my sights to "COLD WAR ROADSHOW, " the story of "one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history--the unprecedented trip across AMERICA in 1959 by Soviet Premier NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, the world leader of communism and America's arch nemesis. The visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence." Totally interesting but also was taken aback by how snarky and editorial the comments were in those days from American newscasters. It's gotten worse, but with the passing of time, it really shows... Happy Birthday to SANDY CLIMAN, LEYLA TURKKAN, and ADRIAN SEDLIN. ROMAN TSUN, JASON JANEGO, LUCY BLODGETT FISHER, ALICE PETERSON, SACHA PENSON DUBÉARN, SALIL MEHTA, BLAKE INDURSKY, VANESSA PENSON, and DANNY MORROW. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | Upfront Ventures |
| Filmmaker Ron Howard and Jason Hirschhorn (Founder, REDEF) discuss the changing media landscape (and what hasn't changed), the evolution of Imagine Entertainment from a two-man production team to a venture-backed business, and the kinds of stories that drive Ron as a filmmaker. | | |
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 | PBS |
| The first major film documentary to examine Sammy Davis, Jr.'s vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th century America. | | |
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 | The Intercept |
| The controversial “super mercenary” arranged a secret meeting in Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. and apparently didn’t tell Congress. | | |
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 | Medium |
| Rather than simply designing products that drive revenue, let’s use the science of friction to maximize the value a product can offer humanity. | | |
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 | The Paris Review |
| The art of the gamble, one famous gambler at a time. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| If all this is a PR stunt, it would be a very bad bargain. | | |
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 | Dame Magazine |
| When Americans like Kylie Jenner and Jeff Bezos downplay their advantages-and the media follows suit-it prevents us from dealing with the truth about… | | |
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 | The Spectator |
| ‘The whole aim of practical politics,’ wrote H.L. Mencken, ‘is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them… | | |
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 | BBC Four |
| Kate Mossman looks beyond the cliches of grunge babes and rock chicks as she goes behind rock's untold stories to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band. | | |
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 | Media Matters |
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 | Esquire |
| How the 'film anything and everything' era of social media took hold - and the price we've paid | | |
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 | CNN |
| For single black Americans, the median wealth is $200 to $300, compared to $15,000 to $28,000 for single white Americans, write Mellody Hobson, a board member of JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| All the government needs from oil is to let their chosen friends profit, and that is entirely possible without new oil being pumped, or even discovered. | | |
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 | Recorded Future |
| Insikt Group analyzes data from Western social media platforms to determine how the Chinese state exploits social media to influence the American public. | | |
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 | OneZero |
| Old coders never die, they just become middle managers. | | |
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 | recode |
| Don’t listen to the conventional wisdom about relying on Instagram or Snapchat, Porter says -- just go where your audience is. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| “Variety doesn’t really matter to me. I would be perfectly happy to eat the same Caesar salad or peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich every day.” | | |
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 | TechCrunch |
| Entrepreneurs and tech executives are widening their gazes outside of developed nations for their next source of growth. Ubiquitous cheap phones and increasingly affordable phone plans such as Jio in India are helping another billion users join the internet. What do those users want though, and how are they the same and different than existing internet users? | | |
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 | BuzzFeed News |
| From R. Kelly to Michael Jackson, men accused of preying on children often use idealized versions of fatherhood to maintain their innocence and hide their abuse. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| What Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips tell us about the future of the Democratic Party. | | |
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 | Remains of the Day |
| "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of little fortune, must be in want of more social capital." So wrote Jane Austen, or she would have, I think, if she were chronicling our current age (instead we have Taylor Lorenz, and thank goodness for that). | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Disney’s long anticipated $71.3-billion acquisition of Fox will put the X-Men, Homer Simpson, the Avengers, Buzz Lightyear and Kylo Ren under the same roof, giving the Burbank company an unprecedented share of film and television franchises, and increasing leverage in Hollywood. | | |
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