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herbertl
13,365karma·2,045submissions·November 17, 2020
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Someone else submitted an earlier piece I wrote ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11058255 ), this is my sequel to it. Hope you enjoy, would love to hear what you think!…
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Definitely... At an abstract level, it reminds me of "Unlimited is like a Ponzi Scheme" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406072 …
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Ah I didn't know this, and the author mentioned it but obviously glossed over the details... more details here: https://casetext.com/case/rothstein-v-american-airlines …
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That's just the business model of streaming—unlike labels, there is no cross-subsidization (e.g., a more popular artist "paying for" an obscure critically acclaimed artist who doesn…
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That's exactly it. Obstacles shape the creative process, making it unique to each person. A friend said to me, "I don't know how," is just the beginning—and the process of discover…
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Thank you for making it!
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This is a really cool topic to me, I vaguely remember coming across a book on how birth order determines personality (or life), but I can't remember it now. Diving into that link to try to find..…
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I'd love that too! It doesn't right now, I just import it into Otter.ai if I decide that video has something I want to quote and link to or excerpt from. Nonetheless, it's still a great…
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This! I see this as a research question, because to even begin to work through the problem requires proper framing—noticing the history of the problem, seeing what the best of modern thinkers are thin…