What Is Adulthood?
When you're younger you imagine that one day you'll be an adult. You'll know
things. You'll know your path in life and be making steady progress. You'll be
mature and wise in a way you never were before. Then the
Keenen Charles
Change is Good But Scary
Change is fundamental to growth. Life evolves due to changes in its environment.
Those changes require lifeforms to adapt and grow to the new world they find
themselves in. That growth can have useful and unintended side effects. Our
ancestors began walking upright due to expanding savannahs and it freed
Why I Killed User Activity
A while back I wrote about how the product incentives I'd built into Wave Radio
had pushed users' behaviour in a direction I didn't anticipate. To win the
weekly game of "who's the best music discover-er" a few users would
Euphoria
I just started HBO's Euphoria and I'm not sure how I feel about it. In some ways
it's brilliant. The cinematography, the acting, and the writing are all
excellent. It feels like "prestige" television. Yet I'm still not sure if
It's Not HBO. It's TV.
This week Warner announced their streaming service. It's called HBO Max. It'll
feature content from WB, DC, New Line, CNN, the CW, Cartoon Network, and a whole
lot more. In previous posts, I've talked about Warner as a potential successful
competitor in the field
Trends
I think of myself as an optimistic cynic. I'm sceptical of individual
motivations but overall I'm optimistic for the future of our species. This semi
contradictory view mostly stems from my belief in positive trends over time.
I like to think of human progress and individual
My Favourite Things of The Week (2019 #10)
Articles
Carly Rae Jepsen And The Rise Of The Micro Pop Star
[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/djlouiexiv/carly-rae-jepsen-dedicated-robyn-niche-pop-music]
This is a fascinating look at how pop stars have evolved with the current
dominance of hip hop. Many have given up on appealing
My Note Taking Roster
I've always been searching for the perfect note taking app. An app that I can
store all my ideas, lists, random quotes, draft blog posts, and everything in
between. Yet I've never found a single app that perfectly suits these various
type of notes. Each app
But...it's Facebook
Facebook officially announced its new cryptocurrency, Libra today, and it
actually sounds potentially useful. There were rumours that they were building
something cryptocurrency related for several years now and I was always
sceptical about it due to Facebook itself.
Facebook's reputation is clearly shattered, at least to people
Preserving Culture
One argument many have against immigration is that it will erode their culture.
Immigrants will not assimilate and will gradually change or destroy the current
population's culture. It's a fear borne out of uncertainty and a desire to
maintain the status quo.
Culture, however, is not