All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. | | | | Michael Davies and Roger Bennett are the "Men In Blazers"
(ESPN) | | | | |  | “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.”
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| | rantnrave:// Running a public media company these days can be like prison. How? Well, according to shows like HBO's OZ, sometimes you need to shiv your cellmate to survive. You want day and date movies in the home? Hey studio execs! Theaters aren't going to be happy about it. So, yes, in order to disrupt yourself you need to take risks and shiv some of your partners before the ship goes down. And make no mistake, we are about at the moment of "the last ship." You cannot stand in place and make all your current constituencies happy and set yourself up for the future. You just can't. And let's face it, as much as I love it, big media is starting to look like small media. Check out any banker presentation. They all look the same (the bankers and presentations). The biggies have moved to the middle or end of the number line. The tech platforms are the new biggies. "Big small media" is beginning to look like STAR WARS' GALACTIC EMPIRE. Rather than try something new, most incumbents are focused on doing the same thing they've always done, just bigger. Scale matters, but it wasn't sufficient to stop the REBEL ALLIANCE. HOLLYWOOD should take note. We did in our REDEF ORIGINAL: "Big Media's 'Death Star' Strategy"... The internet is a miracle. It's made the world smaller. Helped us learn, connect, stay in touch. Social media is a big part of that. But the expectations social media is setting for future generations is the idea that everyone has a say in everything. And while that's a great idea. A lofty, democratic notion. It's pure fantasy. And dangerous. For all its flaws, I like the idea of a representative government because individuals often have knee-jerk reactions to things. We need representatives that can see beyond the blood lust. And when it comes to work, forget about it. Jobs have many aspects. But sometimes you need to do what you're told. And without snark. I find that to be an increasingly deteriorating issue with younger gens. Sometimes you just need to do what is asked. Having a hard time regulating my work frustration today, you? Today should be "appease Jason" day... SEAHAWKS defensive end MICHAEL BENNETT is no longer just an NFL star. He's a political activist in a football uniform. He's the heir apparent to COLIN KAEPERNICK, and he's too good and too loud to be ignored. We take a look in REDEF SportsSET: "The Social Justice Activist Who Sacks QBs on Sundays"... If they take advantage of you they are probably sensitive about you telling them that you know they are taking advantage of you... I think "baby" was said more times than a '90s R&B song... I love the dreamers, not him... If there was a JASON HIRSCHHORN t-shirt I would give KARA SWISHER one. So, I'm feeling left out... Happy Birthday to JOSHUA SCHACHTER, JOSHUA AUERBACH, MICHAEL LANG, KEN HERTZ, CLARE REICHENBACH, DAVID GERSTENHABER, and TRACY MYER. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | Men in Blazers |
| Rog talks with television creator/writer David Simon about his new HBO series "The Deuce," "The Wire's" legacy, and hating plausibly. | | |
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 | CNNMoney |
| Its disclosure about ad sales to shadowy Russian accounts is only the latest example of a credibility problem. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| MIT research scientist Hugh Herr lost both legs below the knee after a 1982 winter climbing ordeal. In less than a year, he hacked his prosthetics to allow him to climb again, and he went on to become one of the world's leading innovators in the field. | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," Al Gore's new documentary, is one of the most interesting films of the year. We don't mean its content. The sequel to the Academy Award-winning climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" is a solid movie. But it's really the film's online reception that's intriguing. | | |
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 | Third Way |
| As more states enact and implement legal marijuana programs, there is a growing urgency for federal policy change to ensure that states regulate as responsibly and safely as possible. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| The bank thought it would be a good idea to expand a unit making loans secured by the jewels. Now it wants out. | | |
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 | Ars Technica |
| In light of Charlottesville, Silicon Valley revisits its absolute approach to free speech. | | |
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 | National Geographic |
| We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits--and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Government is crucial to responding to disasters, but we need government to mitigate these kinds of crises in the first place. | | |
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 | Watt |
| Can a single company really break down the complexities of royalties and rights ownership and take an idea this involved to a mainstream audience of millions? I gotta admit: I’m a little skeptical here. | | |
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 | Deadspin |
| Warmed up and stripped down, 15 blade-thin runners milled on the track, game-faced, gathering themselves. A few words between them, Swahili and English-"20 seconds ... 10 ..."-and the amorphous group coalesced into a single-file line, shuffling. Scott Simmons had not finished saying, "Go!" | | |
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 | Tidal |
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 | Singularity Hub |
| In this video interview at Singularity University's Global Summit, web pioneer Craig Newmark discusses how to improve journalism and filter fake news. | | |
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 | Wired |
| Uber's former head of self-driving cars is now driving the DNC's tech team, hoping to help the shattered organization recover from one of the worst tech fails in history. | | |
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 | The Intercept |
| The alleged terrorist said he went along with the plot because he was afraid that FBI agents, posing as ISIS members, would kill his family. | | |
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 | Deadline |
| There's been a lot of crying out there over how this summer was the worst in 11 years, logging an estimated $3.78 billion. But there is a positive takeaway from this mess: Moviegoing habits aren't broken. That's right. | | |
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 | The Cut |
| So what should single women do? | | |
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 | Slate |
| Facebook thought you’d be interested in this article, which is why you’re reading it. | | |
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 | Techdirt |
| Hold on tight: we're going to get down into the weeds a bit on a copyright issue. In early 2016, we wrote about the "insanity of music licensing" as it related to streaming music, and Spotify in particular. This was in response to a series of class action lawsuits filed against Spotify by songwriters, claiming a failure to properly license so-called "mechanical rights." | | |
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 | Al Jazeera English |
| What a team of 10-year-olds building a robot can teach us about sexism and racism in the US. | | |
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 | Reuters |
| The ironic defeatism is fueled by internet celebrities, through music, mobile games, TV shows, sad-faced emojis and pessimistic slogans. | | |
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 | ADWEEK |
| Carlos Schroder discusses the challenges of the Brazilian ad market and international growth. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| In 1966, just over 50 years ago, the distinguished Canadian-born anthropologist Anthony Wallace confidently predicted the global demise of religion at the hands of an advancing science: 'belief in supernatural powers is doomed to die out, all over the world, as a result of the increasing adequacy and diffusion of scientific knowledge'. | | |
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