STAT_SCRAPS v55
The notion of a personal ‘Carbon Footprint’ was invented by Ogilvy for BP in the early 2000s
A fun little simulator where you try to spend all of Bill Gates’ money. Puts it in perspective.
(homeboy could finance the building of 100 skyscrapers and still have 15 Billion left over)
Listening to a series about the fall of various civilizations throughout history.
A (paraphrased) anecdote from a recent episode that felt relevant:
In AD 447, Constantinople was struck by a series of earthquakes that severely damaged the walls. This was followed by news that the Huns were headed to sack the city.
The guy put in charge had like 6 months to rebuild what had taken several years.
They needed a fuckton of workers.
You’d think that the death and destruction would be motivating. It wasn’t.
Instead the head wall builder guy went to the local pubs of 4 different rival chariot racing hooligans and gave them all a section of the wall, promising the honor of their club if they were to build it first.
Atila showed up like a month or two later and there was a brand new, super tall wall.
Humans are weird. Our motivators are not logical. Making people feel a part of something is stronger than the threat of death.
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Webseer is a super cool, simple tool that allows you to compare search queries.
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The most important ideas are those that apply to multiple fields. The Useful laws of the land
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This is so wildly important. And as far as time spent, is usually our primary job
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Data is worthless unless you understand the context.
The Khmer language has 74 characters, making it annoying to type on a phone keyboard. That may be why half of Facebook Messenger’s voice traffic comes from Cambodia. [Vittoria Elliot & Bopha Phorn]
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American Airlines reportedly saved $40,000 by removing one olive from each salad served in first class
Business is so much more than marketing. Marketing is so much more than comms.
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This prompted me to think: How the hell does Pantone make money?? As always, the internet had an answer:
After developing colors in a lab, Pantone makes most of its money by selling the shades and corresponding formulas to fabric mills, printers, and designers in a range of disciplines. It's a simple model, and business has never been better
What a cool example of a b2b business living in consumer culture.
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Leaving your zoom link open allows for people to bump into each other like when we used to shuffle in and out of conference rooms.
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A Poem: I wonder how often its true that “what’s best for your career” is the same as “what’s best for you”
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