011 — Sunshine in a bottle [PAB]

Cette semaine, après les mises-à-jour FTX-Twitter-ChatGPT, on parle d’intégrité civique, de mort assistée, d’éthique corporative et de formules publicitaires douteuses. On évoque brièvement la disparition du lumineux Stephen ‘t’Witch’ Boss. Aussi: les jouets les plus emblématiques de chaque année de votre enfance.

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Notes et références

[03:00] Bankman-Fried's lawyer argued that he should be released because of his vegan diet and reliance on several medications.

[07:00] “ChatGPT excels at producing ordinary, bureaucratic prose, written in an acceptable but non-descript style.”

[08:00] Why It's So Hard to Resist Turning Your Selfies Into Lensa AI Art

[23:00] Twitter files: Jack Dorsey “a native internet protocol for social media”

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1. Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.

2. Only the original author may remove content they produce.

3. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.

[34:00] Cryptocurrency is the Segway of finance

Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok

At 12:40 am while doom scrolling I got slightly worried about Binance so I logged onto my account, converted some cash to USDC and sent it to #Coinbase. At 12:51 Coinbase verified it was in my account. Try doing that with traditional finance.

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior

@ATabarrok I don’t get worried about Wells Fargo in the first place

[37:00] Nellie Bowles, TGIF

[38:00] MAID—Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program

[48:00] Simons, All is beauty (Not a commercial campaign!). Plus de détails.

[1:05:00] Rutt: The evolution of corporate ethos

[1:07:00] Peloton

[1:18:00] Allen Kay

“We have five basic guidelines for developing advertising,” he said in an interview for Guy Kawasaki’s book “How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit” (1995). “Start with the customer. Live with the client. Uncover the obvious. Keep it simple. And follow through.”

[1:22:00] MAP

Earlier this month, an Old Dominion University (ODU) professor of sociology and criminal justice, Allyn Walker, brought global attention to a newer term, “Minor-Attracted Persons” or “MAPs” for short, within a greater argument that pedophiles shouldn’t be ostracized for their urges.

[1:29:00] Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss

[1:34:00] Ça va?

[1:37:00] The most iconic toys from every year of your childhood 🎄

Les gimmicks marketing ne datent pas d’hier.