Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
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Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort in "Harold and Maude" (1971) (Paramount Pictures)
Monday - October 31, 2016 Mon - 10/31/16
rantnrave:// 18 months ago, we wrote one of our most popular REDEF Originals to date, “Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz”. Since then, the music business – thanks to music streaming services such as SPOTIFY, APPLE MUSIC and PANDORA – has finally put an end to 15 years of revenue decline. But as we outlined, this reversion does little to change the infinitesimal royalties received by artists and creatives, nor the fact that the streaming services themselves are racking up big losses. Having trouble seeing how this can change without big reductions to the cuts taken by labels. Without question labels are less necessary (or important) in releasing music – see BEYONCE, FRANK OCEAN, DRAKE, RADIOHEAD. Not sure of the right revenue mix, but it seems wrong that artists are starving, streaming services are losing money while restoring growth to the music biz and labels are doing less than ever but still taking home pre-NAPSTER fees. The value chain of the music business is totally f***ed up. That said, if you're into music, technology, business and culture then MusicREDEF is for you... No content licensing deal should be done without a product person in the room... BRIAN GRAZER AND RON HOWARD have a very cool new show: MARS. To fight the likelihood of the extinction of the human race by some catastrophic event, colonizing Mars is our best answer. Debuting November 14th, the show uses a clever mix of sci-fi drama with documentary-style segments featuring ELON MUSK and NASA brainiacs. If you dig science, space, sci-fi and future narratives, go all-in on this one. Now streaming the first episode for free on the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL and ITUNES... UBER signs up DELTA TAU CHI... BERNIE has a point... How often do you choose yourself over work? And why?... New rule: If you don't like immigrants you're not allowed to eat any foreign cuisines... That's some motherf****in' photo... Happy Birthday to PREM AKKARAJU, JENNIFER DEGUZMAN and JASON KRYSTAL.
- Jason Hirschhorn, curator
doug kenney
Just Security
Mass Hacks of Private Email Aren't Whistleblowing, They are at Odds With It
by Jonathan Zittrain
The world of 2016 is one where leaking a lot is much easier than leaking a little. And the indiscriminate compromise of people’s selfies, ephemeral data, and personal correspondence -- what we used to rightly think of as a simple and brutal invasion of privacy -- has become the unremarkable chaff surrounding a few worthy instances of potentially genuine whistleblowing.
The Washington Post
Why the Industrial Revolution didn’t happen in China
by Ana Swanson
What really sparked the world’s incredible revolution in wealth.
Fast Company
Can GoPro Rise Again?
by Karl Taro Greenfeld
After a dismaying 2015, CEO Nick Woodman is refocusing, betting the company's future on software, new audiences, and a bit of Karma.
TechCrunch
The rise of new automotive companies
by Armin G. Schmidt
The Cité de l'Automobile in Mulhouse, France, is an amazing place. It has the largest collection of automobiles on display, thanks to the Swiss brothers Hans..
CNN Reliable Sources
Fake news sites designed to trick you
by Brian Stelter
Fake news has become a plague on the web. Especially on social media networks like Facebook. Brian Stelter explains why everyone needs a new rule for the web.
ADWEEK
How Tasty Mastered Social Video and Helped Drive 50% of BuzzFeed's Revenue
by Lauren Johnson
Alvin Zhou is not your typical video producer. On a recent fall afternoon, he's hovering over a table in a test kitchen cutting and prepping vegetables and meat that he'll later whip into an ersatz "fried rice" dish made with cauliflower.
BBC Future
How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’
by Tom Stafford
Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding the "illusion of truth" effect can help you avoid falling victim to this trick.
Vanity Fair
Is Paramount “Unsalvageable”?
by William D. Cohan
As the Redstones figure out how to save Viacom, they need to start by turning around Paramount.
Real Life
Fierce Attachments
by Elizabeth Newton
Citation is about more than giving credit; it’s about passing off an idea of yourself as your own
TIME
Understanding ‘Clintipathy’: A Pathological Hatred of the Clintons
by Gil Troy
One part totally rational; one part totally sexist and unfair
henry beard
Salon
Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call
by D. Watkins
Electing our first woman president may be even tougher than our first black president - but both reveal huge rifts
New York Magazine
'Citizen Journalism' Is a Catastrophe Right Now, and It’ll Only Get Worse
by Jesse Singal
In theory, the internet could be a great place for crowdsourced journalism, analysis, and debunking. In theory.
Fusion
The pyramid at the end of the world
by Elmo Keep
In rural North Dakota, the long shadow cast by nuclear weapons and the Cold War is not as far in the past as we might like to think.
Hollywood Reporter
'The Americans': Watch THR's TV Talks Panel With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Co-showrunners
by Tim Goodman
Chief THR TV critic Tim Goodman moderates a discussion with the team behind the Emmy-winning FX series.
UPROXX
The Oral History Of VH1's 'Pop-Up Video' And How It Changed The World
by Jason Tabrys
"The internet before the internet."
Vox
The history of Satanic Panic in the US — and why it's not over yet
by Aja Romano
Some of the victims of mass hysteria over satanic ritual abuse are still serving sentences.
The New Yorker
Erick Erickson Is Sorry About Some of the Things He Has Said
by Charles Bethea
Why the right-wing radio host and pundit who made a career of online provocation is now holding back.
surveillancevalley.net
Yasha Levine: Interview about Tor, spies and the cult of crypto
by Yasha Levine
Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Google-Military Complex - A book by Yasha Levine that tells the story of how Silicon Valley turned the Internet into the greatest surveillance apparatus in the history of mankind.
The Hill
Lanny Davis: Comey’s actions improper, irresponsible and possibly illegal
by Lanny Davis
OPINION | After acting so improperly, James Comey should resign.
Fast Company
How Tommy Hilfiger Is Reimagining His Brand
by Elizabeth Segran
Tommy Hilfiger shares lessons from growing too fast in the '90s and explains how to build a global, digital brand.
The Guardian
Johnny Marr: ‘The conversation about re-forming came out of the blue'
by Simon Hattenstone
It’s 29 years since the Smiths split up, and founding member Johnny Marr isn’t angry any more. So what happened when he and Morrissey met for a drink?
VentureBeat
Serving up a better burger: How IoT and blockchain will reinvent the global supply chain
by Harriet Green
Say you get served a burger at a restaurant, and something about it isn’t quite right. Do you know what went wrong? Does your server? Does the restaurant? The suppliers? Hard to know. Each part of the sandwich - the beef, lettuce, tomato, bun, condiments, cheese - came together on the plate from separate long and intricate supply chains that go all the way back to a farm.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
A perfect song...
"September"
Earth, Wind & Fire
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