It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it. When an honest man speaks, he says only what he believes to be true; and for the liar, it is correspondingly indispensable that he considers his statements to be false. For the bullshitter, however, all these bets are off: he is neither on the side of the true nor on the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all, as the eyes of the honest man and of the liar are, except insofar as they may be pertinent to his interest in getting away with what he says. He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose. | | | | | "The Shining" (1980) (Warner Bros.) | | | | |  | “It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it. When an honest man speaks, he says only what he believes to be true; and for the liar, it is correspondingly indispensable that he considers his statements to be false. For the bullshitter, however, all these bets are off: he is neither on the side of the true nor on the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all, as the eyes of the honest man and of the liar are, except insofar as they may be pertinent to his interest in getting away with what he says. He does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose.”
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| | rantnrave:// LOS ANGELES has had some business identity issues in the last decade. Once a HOLLYWOOD company town, many felt insecure when compared to their cousins up north in SILICON VALLEY. Last night I was at a dinner hosted by my friend and REDEF investor UPFRONT VENTURES' MARK SUSTER with a bunch of LA-based media and technology startups. Something special is happening. LA is the model for THE HYBRID FOUNDERS: They understand technology, product, data, storytelling, and brand. That unique mixture of skills is the basis for the next evolution of leaders in the space... Shoutout to BARON DAVIS for the best startup company name by far: BLACK SANTA... A few times this month I've overheard talk that a lot of dedicated and talented civil servants in government agencies plan to leave their roles due to their unease with the TRUMP administration. While I understand the initial reaction I can only say: please stay. That's patriotic. He needs you and we need you... Does CNN or other cable news networks have an Editor-In-Chief? An ombudsman? Journalism is a business, yes. But the 4th estate is a vital part of our democracy and it's been damaged. I think any outlet should have both. Not just a CEO or President... I've never really been able to be a work for hire. Or just be at a job. To get up every day I have to be super passionate about what I'm doing. I've been fortunate. I just can't dedicate myself to something without the fire lit... Relationships in business are more important to me than deal terms... I'm not a big fan of Presidental phoners with news outlets. You hear me cable news?... DONALD TRUMP absolutely deserves to be TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR. It's not a popularity contest or a good person pageant. He made an impact. Like it or not... Thinking a lot about when parents say to their kids: "We don't respond to tantrums"... A CEO's job is to lead, guide and drive. Not babysit... CRAIG SHAPIRO on "Voting With Your Dollars"... TV definitely got us... Happy Birthday to DANIEL BLACKMAN and RACHEL SKLAR. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | MIT Technology Review |
| The popular portrayal of computers as magic boxes capable of anything has done real societal harm. Now one TV show wants to save us. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| Moore: "I live in Michigan, I don’t live in the bubble.” | | |
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 | Algorithmia |
| Deep learning matters because it's ushering in an era that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and communicate like the industrial revolution | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| In February 2013, Ebtisam Masto fled Syria with her six children. They crossed the border to Lebanon and headed for the capital, Beirut, where Masto's husband, Mohammed, had been working to support his family since before the civil war began. When they arrived, Masto registered the family with the UN refugee agency in the city. | | |
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 | Loose Threads |
| In Part I, we looked at the factors that both businesses and brands need to consider when scaling. With this foundation, we'll now examine some of the failures and some of the successes in the fashion industry. This piece will look at the former, while Part III will look at the latter. | | |
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 | The Economist |
| Free of huge syndicates and touchy editors, web cartoonists can create whatever they want. | | |
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 | Charlie Rose |
| Columnist Fareed Zakaria discusses the legacy of Barack Obama, populism in the west, and Donald Trump's foreign policy. | | |
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 | Foreign Policy |
| Don’t blame low working-class wages or the financial crisis for the populist wave that produced Trump and Brexit. The data show the tide started decades ago. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| Step inside the portal and everything is white, calm, silent: this is where researchers are helping craft the future of virtual reality. | | |
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 | Business Insider |
| Entrepreneurs Awakening promises a shortcut to success through a psychedelic drug called ayahuasca. | | |
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 | Variety |
| When he was helping to choose writers for the staff of Fox’s television revival of “The Exorcist,” executive producer Jeremy Slater kept encountering the same plot point over and over. | | |
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 | Backchannel |
| The Trump-loving VC tried prove that brilliant kids don’t need college. Here’s what happened. | | |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
| Exploring the evolving sound of New York with DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Young M.A, and Flatbush Zombies. | | |
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| Business Insider |
| Where is the digital business heading? Business Insider Editor in Chief Henry Blodget takes a deep dive into what to expect. | | |
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 | The Huffington Post |
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 | Vice Sports |
| NFL teams move semi-regularly, but the Oakland Raiders feel different. If the franchise bolts, it will be heretical. A betrayal. Hell, it even figures to be bad business. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed |
| One page owner tells BuzzFeed News that Facebook could end up unfairly censoring conservative pages. "Facebook needs to design an algorithm that shows people what they want to see while simult... | | |
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 | Harvard Business Review |
| An approach that civilian health systems can use. | | |
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 | Racked |
| These women did NOT sign up for this. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| Twenty years ago, W. Brian Arthur popularized a concept that forever changed Silicon Valley--with a little help from Cormac McCarthy. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
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 | The Drum |
| It seems almost quaint that there was a time when holiday shopping meant harried parents drove to physical stores in search of the season’s must-have toys for their children. | | |
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