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Our Digital Future
I’ve seen our digital future, and, in a word, it ๐๐๐๐๐. They promise frictionless transactions– ever-cheaper goods and services. “Just buy into the digital dream,” they say. “We’ll do more with less.” Not only have I seen the future, I spent 90 minutes with 30,000 friends outside of Yankee Stadium Saturday night realizing how much…
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The Growth Mindset Illusion
80% of drivers think they’re above average– a statistical impossibility. Our overconfidence shows up everywhere. On a scale of 1 to 10, people most often rate themselves as a 7. Psychologists call this phenomenon illusory superiority. Take our learning journey. People who encounter Carol Dweck‘s work are pretty sure they have a Growth Mindset. After…
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Why You Should Ignore Most Advice About Picking a Major
A few weeks ago, I had a chance to talk to 500-or-so freshman at West Virginia University. I thought about the pressure they feel to pick the “right” major so they can find a well-paying job and launch their careers. No easy task in such a fast-moving labor market… and I’d argue we’re setting them…
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The Air We Breathe
Two dozen people sat in a 5th-floor conference room, coffees helping a jet-lagged crew make it through a long day of meetings. We had recently acquired a company with a proud and impressive culture. They set high standards, held one another accountable, and had consistently outworked the competition. It showed up in their numbers. Any…
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Artificial Intelligence, Genuine Stupidity
Ever since I found myself in a fast-casual-order-modification-service-agent-chat doom loop, I’ve been contemplating a series of posts called: ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐. I’ll be looking for examples (so hit me up). The short of it: I’m increasingly frustrated with where we’re pointing the supposedly game-changing technology: I used to be a customer with wants and…
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The Revolution Will Not Be Brought to You by LiveNation and White Claw
Reflections on Oceans Calling, Industry Maturation, Brain Hemispheres, Music as Revolution, and Our Declining Civilization We stood in a driving rainstorm, wind blowing our poncho hoods off, our feet sinking into the sand. “Let’s give them until 10:00,” said one of our friends. We wondered if Blink-182 would even play. They were supposed to take…
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