To disagree silently is disloyal. | | | | The kids love the dinos. The “Indoraptor,” in JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM.
(Universal Pictures) | | | | |  | “To disagree silently is disloyal.”
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| | rantnrave:// Noticed news that DISNEY is halting new STAR WARS spinoffs due to the disappointing box office for SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. Disappointing at $200 million domestically, as costs are massive. Was it harmed by the incredible success of the similarly targeted movies that preceded it? This is consistent with the fact that anticipation, tracking, and estimates plummeted at release. I am a lifelong fan. I went to an early screening and was grinning ear to ear when I left. Ran into uber-fan KEVIN SMITH (looking happy and healthy after a heart scare) on the way out. He was grinning as well. It was the closest in spirit to the originals films. It was fun, it had swag. The acting was great, which is not always a given. Was it a little long on the folklore being answered, yeah. But still a fun film. By far, for my money, the best of the last 4. I think it was something else. The marketplace is overloaded. Disney's films have become so successful they're now the company's greatest competition. But GEORGE LUCAS and STAN LEE know the answer: building your own universe. Ever go to STARWARS.COM? George was a samurai in creating bibles for his universe. Every detail so rich. It's the universe, baby. MATT BALL and I discussed this and he writes about it in his REDEF ORIGINAL: "Disney, Economic Gravity and Vibranium Physics." Sometimes it's easy to forget that the greatest asset was George Lucas, still is... And while we're gushing over media, my friend REED HASTINGS runs a small outfit called NETFLIX. He sat down for a great talk at TED2018. Programming, management, algorithms and more. I met Reed at SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (no surprise, he really, really loves movies) 12 years ago when I was President of SLINGBOX. Amazing to watch his journey and success. Netflix is a positive part of my life. That's pretty great... We also take a look at NETFLIX MISUNDERSTANDINGS. Part 1 discusses how Netflix spends a lot more than you probably think. And the why and how is critical to understanding its future, competitive positioning and internal conviction. Part 2 delves into how Netflix's product expertise is at the heart of everything it does, including why and how it makes its original content. This culture is easily overlooked, but doing so can be fatal. Netflix is as much a tech and product company as FACEBOOK, GOOGLE or AMAZON... Let it be known that my dear friend and lawyer MIKE EISNER went to the re-opening of MADEO without me. There will be blood... I've known UBER CEO DARA KHOSROWSHAHI for over a decade. I'm proud that he takes stances... Happy Birthday to ROB WIESENTHAL, ERIC GATOFF, FLORIS BAUER, JUSTIN SHAFFER, and STEPHANIE HUGHES. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | TED Talks |
| Netflix changed the world of entertainment -- first with DVD-by-mail, then with streaming media and then again with sensational original shows like "Orange Is the New Black" and "Stranger Things" -- but not without taking its fair share of risks. In conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson, Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings discusses the company's bold internal culture, the powerful algorithm that fuels their recommendations, the $8 billion worth of original content they're planning... | | |
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 | The California Sunday Magazine |
| Every month, thousands of deportees from the United States and hundreds of asylum-seekers from around the world arrive in Tijuana. Many never leave. | | |
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 | TechCrunch |
| By the first few months of 1982, it had become more common to see electronics stores, toy stores, and discount variety stops selling 2600 games. This was before Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., and later, GameStop . Mostly you bought games at stores that sold other electronic products, like Sears or Consumer Distributors. | | |
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 | The Verge |
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 | The Atlantic |
| A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw. Seriously. | | |
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 | The Cut |
| After rising through the ranks at a Hollywood business management agency, Kristin Lee founded her own accounting firm, . Today, the 35 year-old manages finances for mix of high-level artists and entertainers - actors, recording artists, producers, writers, and athletes with personal net worths ranging from $1 million to $50 million (and no, she can't name names). | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Armed with a master's degree in architecture, decades of hip-hop fandom and rapper teachers, Mike Ford is quickly getting kids into building. | | |
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 | CNNMoney |
| Russian trolls posing as an American college student tweeted about divisive social, political and cultural issues using an account that amassed thousands of followers. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Junior's personal life is in shambles, Robert Mueller looms large, and it's never been trickier to be the president's son. | | |
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 | Gizmodo |
| In April, the day before taxes were due, the IRS’ online filing system failed, just as procrastinators were settling into the annual TurboTax panic. How did this happen, especially before the most important tax day of the year? And why does this keep happening to government websites? | | |
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 | BBC Future |
| Smiling is a fundamental part of how we interact with other people, but what if you were not able to do it? | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| With the Switch, the 130-year-old gaming giant has once again turned reports of its demise into Nintendo Mania. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Tensions between Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and 21st Century Fox’s Rupert Murdoch have complicated Comcast’s pursuit of the biggest media deal in years | | |
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 | Techonomy |
| Society is evolving quickly, with power more and more in networks. In turn, network edges are gaining in power. What this means for all of us is daunting. The author outlines a new form of order and governance he sees emerging. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Social-media platforms train users to obsess over their own popularity. But what would happen if numbers didn’t matter? | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| On the issue of child separation, President Trump had to be dragged kicking and screaming into basic humanity. His initial goal was to create terror in migrants without provoking revulsion in the broader public. He failed. Trump may be immune to sympathy, but he is not immune to pressure. | | |
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 | Longreads |
| Issac Bailey wants us to recognize that the families of perpetrators need just as much support as the families of victims. | | |
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 | The Conversation |
| Our neural circuits lead us to find comfort in those like us and unease with those who differ, resulting in a battle between reward and distrust. But these brain connections aren't the end of the story. | | |
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 | New Republic |
| Music and math have always been linked, a new book explains. | | |
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 | Vox |
| Lots of athletes fake falls and injuries. But footballers have honed it into an artful tactic to win. | | |
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 | YouTube |
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