On Management

“What is your management style?”

“Steve Zissou”

Links

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (The New Yorker)
The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.

The Internet today feels emptier, like an echoing hallway, even as it is filled with more content than ever. It also feels less casually informative. Twitter in its heyday was a source of real-time information, the first place to catch wind of developments that only later were reported in the press. Blog posts and TV news channels aggregated tweets to demonstrate prevailing cultural trends or debates.

I had a conversation about this very topic recently with someone I met on, wait for it, the internet. It seems like everyone agrees that the internet has become bleak – a place where bad news, vapid content, and doom scrolling are algorithmically ensured. 

YouTube passes Netflix as top video source for teens
Piper Sandler has published a survey of American teenagers twice a year since 2001, focusing on their favorite brands, gadgets, snacks and restaurants. This fall’s survey polled more than 9,000 teens across the U.S. in September who average just under 16 years old. 

During a recent show, Jerry Seinfeld seemed to tease the return of Seinfeld: "something is going to happen that has to do with that ending."

Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

A much needed moment of peace in a world that is currently filled with so much sadness and loss.

🎶 Fall Playlist

🎶 Big Red Machine – Phoenix

🎶 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill

🎶 Mazzy Star – Fade Into You

🎶 Bob Dylan – Billy 1

🎶 Big Thief – Change

🎶 First Aid Kit – Emmylou

🎶 Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace

🎶 Fleet Foxes – Can I Believe You

🎶 Julian Casablancas – I'll Try Anything Once

🎶 Karen O, The Kids – Hideaway

🎶 Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI

🎶 Novo Amore – Anchor

🎶 Adrianne Lenker – Jonathan

🎶 The National, Bon Iver – Weird Goodbyes

🎶 Taylor Swift – All Too Well

🎶 Bob Dylan – Desolation Row

🎶 The Killers – Dustland Fairytale

🎶 John Prine – Summer's End

Paul McCartney Family Photos

For some reason, every fall, I think about Paul McCartney's family photos, and I begin thinking through the logistics of moving to the countryside and giving Sonny a childhood more connected to nature. Then I remember that I really don't like animals, I can't grow a beard, and they just don't make Fair Isle sweaters like that anymore.