There have been so many layoffs over the past few weeks, and so much of the coverage has rightly focused on the downside for the people impacted. I wanted to write a more optimistic take.
I studied Joseph Schumpeter and the Mickey Mouse Club and came to the conclusion that being laid off could be the best thing to happen to many recently ex-employees of high-growth startups.
I would love to hear your thoughts, and if you know someone who would find an optimistic take on the situation helpful, share away.
Amazon's new show, Making the Cut, is just another fashion show. But it's also a big Jeff Bezos flex, and a glimpse into the future of its content-to-commerce efforts. One day, Amazon will create shows built to sell every product category.
Scenius is the idea, first put forth by Brian Eno, of communal genius. From the Ancient Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment to Silicon Valley today, a few sceniuses are responsible for much of human progress.
Kevin Kelly wrote in 2008 that “although many have tried many times, it is not really possible to command scenius into being.”
I'm trying to form a MetaScenius to discover the recipe for Scenius in historical and present day examples with the goal of setting the conditions for one thousand sceniuses to bloom.
If you have favorite examples, are part of a community you think might be a blooming scenius, or want to join the MetaScenius chat to figure it out, hit me up @packyM on Twitter.
Would love to see what else people come up with using the dataset. Someone just did this: https://twitter.com/CRISPR_LuCas/status/1691468733024550912?...