2023 | 08 | 31
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🎙️ The new podcast ‘Strike Force 5’ is named after their personal chat group.
I wonder if there is an ‘origins story’ around that name that ties the ‘5 old white guys’ to the comic books of the same name where the heroes are a ‘team of mutated dinosaur heroes’.
📸 Joe and Marilyn’s old place
📸 Elvis’ old place
📸 Dean’s old place
… I think Dean’s old place needs a little love 🫤
📺 Secret Invasion
… and while we are on the topic of ‘🖇️ back stories’ of movie franchises … it’s got Samuel J - so definitely not bad - but also not the greatest.
📺 Obi-Wan Kenobi
Historically not been a big watcher of the Star Wars franchise. Sure I have watched them - but not ‘religiously’ - so expert in the story arc I am not. That said - I really like the back story series that they have been producing. (Even 🖇️ Boba Fett - despite my review at the time and definitely 🖇️ The Mandalorian)
About that strike ….
… what those streaming numbers say about the state of society is a different discussion.
Things on the internet can be forever, but you can’t assume someone else will keep them going, especially when it’s stuff like video, which costs real money to host. If you love something, try to get a local copy and store it on a hard drive you control.
💬 Matt Birchler
That Old Argument That AI Won't Replace ‘Whole’ People
I agree with Matt on this one - and then go on to explain why I disagree. Trust me … it will make sense.
[🔗 Birchtree](birchtree.me/blog/chat got-still-hasnt-taken-all-those-jobs/)
I continue to think that these generative tools are good for augmenting certain workflows, but replacing whole people is going to be very unusual. We’ll see, though.
💬 Matt Birchler
I would agree - but that isn’t what is going to happen.
If you have thirty people in a department’ and AI makes you 10% ‘more efficient’ - a company now only needs 27 people.
Repeat.
Across all departments, Across all companies. Across all industries.
Of course some departments are going to be more affected than others. For example If you are working on a help desk where your job is to answer questions in a call center … well - firstly, that 10% estimate is going to be a lot higher. So - what do you think is going to happen?
🔗 Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries - it’s like Libby for Film.
If you are keeping up, you will know that I use 🔗 to highlight links to other places on the web. This morning I am introducing 🖇️ to highlight links to this blog. Like here. - there will need to be a limited amount of revisiting older posts to ‘make it so’. But the ‘rule’ is already in place.
Interesting - a long catchup on reading this morning - and out of them all - three … THREE … of the four saved to Readwise are from Bob Lefsetz.
2023 | 08 | 30
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I killed Wordpress on 🔗 Philpin.com this morning - and now hand crafting my own HTML and CSS. Don’t get too excited - my work is not rocket science.
2023 | 08 | 29
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🔗 Silicon Valley elites revealed as buyers of $800m of land to build utopian city. … because of course they are.
The project was spearheaded by Jan Sramek, a 36-year-old former trader for the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, and is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investors including Michael Moritz, a venture capitalist; Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of Linkedin; Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder of the philanthropic group Emerson Collective and wife of Steve Jobs; Marc Andreessen, an investor and software developer; Patrick and John Collison, the sibling co-founders of the payment processor Stripe; and the entrepreneurs Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, the Times reported.
Not clear how very much each put into the pot - but to remind - Andreesen is very big into land and property development. (🔗 Me back in August last year referencing his stake in ‘WeWork redux) - and who his wife’s dad was.
Surprised not to see Thiel there.
Surprised to see Lauren there.
2023 | 08 | 28
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Not sure if CNN can be saved … but if anyone stands a chance, Mark Thompson would have to be up there … and a truly massive upgrading of leadership after Licht.
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