The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. | | | | | VPOTUS and POTUS? (Lucasfilm/Disney) | | | | |  | “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”
| - | Aristotle, when asked about the tech platform theory that all content is equal |
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| | rantnrave:// My prayers to NICE, FRANCE. When does it get better? I pretty much believe ISIS wants a specific candidate for President and specific response from that candidate... VIACOM CEO PHILIPPE DAUMAN has based his entire career on SUMNER REDSTONE. First, as his lawyer then as an executive and managing trusts. As CEO he's overseen one of the great demises in media history. Then when the guy he tied his entire future to decides enough is enough he sues. I imagine he sues because in his mind that's his throne. When they talk about competency related to Sumner, how come no one has delved into the psychology of Dauman? This is SHAKESPEARE. Let's face it, analysts and journalists slept on his tenure for years just looking at stock price buoyed by buybacks with no plan. What else did they sleep on? Where are the articles about the VIACOM board? About governance, ethics and duty. Cronies serve their master, not the shareholders. In an attempt for these publications to be measured and fair they've missed the story and mostly concentrated on family gossip and drama which was meaningless. Fair doesn't always mean right. Now rumors that Dauman is negotiating his settlement after earning 100s of millions of dollars. He's one of the reasons a BERNIE SANDERS exists. Give him $1, a box for his stuff and call an UBER. I know that won't happen but I'm making a point. If Dauman stays at Viacom even until the end of the year, that's disaster. I disagree with WELLS FARGO, I think VIACOM can be saved, but every day hurts more. His psychology is clear. It's about him and him... I can't see over my curation queue... Friends doing well: SCOTT REICH joins FULLSCREEN... Even I'm getting bored with millennials are bad stories... Had lunch with JIMMY PITARO at DISNEY INTERACTIVE yesterday. While many pundits speculate about digital being a priority at media companies there's no question DISNEY is all in. Great vibe, a cool campus that rivals any in SILICON VALLEY and lots of exciting stuff happening... Trying to get healthy is hard when all these nutrition labels are supposedly false or misleading. What's real?... God didn't put me on this earth to be a teacher... Happy Birthday to KENNY GERSH, JEFF JARVIS, AMANDA KLEIN MILLER, CLARA KIM, BHAVESH PATEL and BRETT WOITUNSKI. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | The Verge |
| A new app lets women charge for a night out. Will dating join the on-demand economy? | | |
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 | Eight by Eight |
| He runs Chelsea like a benevolent Rasputin: there's no disputin' the magical spell cast by Roman Abramovich. | | |
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 | Factor |
| A new study has revealed that diet response is highly individualised, with the effects of diet decided as much at the genetic level as in regards to what is being eaten. The study, which was performed using mice, has big implications for both the individual seeking to eat as healthy as they can and for providing dietary recommendations. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| DJ Shadow discusses his move toward original material on his new LP, his landmark debut album and why he feels authentic hip-hop no longer exists. | | |
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 | True Ventures |
| After hearing about Pokemon Go, I spent a good part of the weekend playing it, then watching my family play it. In just a few short days, Pokemon has gone from being an old card game for little kids to the hottest app/digital experience for all ages. | | |
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 | Fusion |
| There are amazing riches to be made in sports, as Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta discovered this week when they sold their Ultimate Fighting Championship for $4 billion. They bought it in 2000 for just $2 million, and have transformed it into an international corporate franchise with some $600 million per year in revenues. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| China's path to becoming a soccer superpower. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The assaults on the Islamic State show that U.S. military actions in the region are working by defeating the most dangerous groups. | | |
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 | New Republic |
| Studies show that black boys have a greater risk of suspension. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Vaccarini lives in that delightful valley between typical straight sizes and typical plus sizes, otherwise known as the in-between sizes. | | |
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 | HuffPost Highline |
| And since then, at least 810 people have lost their lives in jail. | | |
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 | recode |
| Eddy Cue on skinny bundles, translated. | | |
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 | POLITICO |
| In her first hours as Britain’s new prime minister, May will take part in a time-honored tradition: Handwriting what’s known as a “Letter of Last Resort.” | | |
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 | Medium |
| We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector. We are proud that American innovation is the envy of the world, a source of widely-shared prosperity, and a hallmark of our global leadership. We believe in an inclusive country that fosters opportunity, creativity and a level playing field. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Silicon Valley’s diversity problem was more obvious than ever last week | | |
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 | Vox |
| To what degree did outsize media coverage of Donald Trump contribute to his unexpected victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination? A great deal, according to some vocal political scientists. Not so much, retort many journalists, who insist they report the news rather than shape it. | | |
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 | Fortune Magazine |
| Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has a lot of things on his mind right now, not the least of which is the future of his company as it goes through a court-ordered bankruptcy auction -a process sparked by a $140-million court award in the Hulk Hogan case for publishing a sex video. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| The idea of the artist as mogul is no longer a novel concept. But where that has meant clothing lines, lifestyle brands or other endorsements, some acts are turning their attention to the traditional music management structure, trading commission-based representatives for salaried employees. | | |
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 | BBC News |
| Meet the growing number of type 1 diabetics who are building their own unapproved, open source monitoring systems. | | |
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 | Krebs on Security |
| Most organizations only grow in security maturity the hard way - that is, from the intense learning that takes place in the wake of a costly data breach. | | |
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