‪given recent news of Alibaba acquiring a third of Ant Financial, one of the reasons given being to facilitate an Ant IPO, what are the chances the public markets will perform the same antiseptic services they performed on WeWork? ‬ #fintech #China #Alibaba #AntFinancial #WeWork #IPO

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“Comedians become comedians so that they can control how people laugh at them.” Listen to this brief Tools of Titans podcast for more gems from comedian Whitney Cummings. …see more

Without the creative magic that attracts a fanbase, all the data in the world amounts to nothing but a bunch of meaningless numbers. Think about this...

Comments welcome and hope the framework helps families and businesses understand our behavior more effectively and with greater tolerance during COVID.

We are all test subjects in an unprecedented sociopolitical experiment that, quite frankly, scares the hell out of me. Think about this...

Jaquay Williams, the police officer who was terminated from his position after sharing a popular TikTok video about George Floyd's murder, joined me for a sensitive conversation about police brutality, his experience as an officer, and his opinion about “defunding the police” on the latest episode of my podcast, Sworn Testimonies. You can listen here! --> https://lnkd.in/gxipeU4 …see more

See this update on white giraffes -- it is in post-script.  Might help explain the use of the zebra image.

Google said it wasn’t possible to detect a person’s true gender based simply on the clothes they were wearing. But Google also said that they were dropping gender labels for another reason: they could create or reinforce biases.

Think about this… Not taking paid political advertising will have no impact on the daily organic tweet storms. None. Here's why.

Apple says it is okay to use disinfectant wipes on your iPhone. Here's what to do -- and, more importantly, what not to do.

"Part of what drew me to succeed is showing people like her that she was wrong about me. Even when I was growing a business and trying to sell to people and they didn’t want the business, they went on my mental list of people that I am going to prove wrong." Duane Jackson - From Prison to Tech Millionaire https://lnkd.in/dznEZVm #founder #startup #entrepreneurship #innovation …see more

One of my favourite vignettes of childhood was the arrival of the ice cream truck with its savory frozen treats. Here’s the Good Humour backstory. …see more

"Innovations are a balance between what is needed and what is possible." Christian Kraft The Rise and Fall of Nokia: How One Inventor Left His Mark on Mobile https://lnkd.in/gw8NwP5 #tech #innovation #longreads …see more

‪the lose/lose banking paradigm (based on current tech, level of service, feature/functionality):‬ ‪the more one interacts with one’s bank the more aggravated. the less directly one interacts with one’s bank the less one remembers it.‬ #fintech #banking #digitization #banks …see more

To a young mind, social media is as dangerous as crossing a busy street by yourself. You are the first generation of social media parents; it is a job that needs your undivided attention.

As we approach Thanksgiving, we are also approaching the anniversary of the first #COVID case. It is the first of many difficult anniversaries ahead. Please consider taking this course at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work on how to manage trauma anniversaries -- from the pandemic to death to illness to school shootings to natural disasters. Sadly, these will be upon us all. Concrete strategies provided. Dec. 9 -- from 9 til noon. Reasonably priced. Valuable for educators, psychologists, businesses, non-profits as well as social workers. https://lnkd.in/eAM4H5J …see more

Is the Open Web dead? "publishers should not be compelled by Google’s search dominance to put their content under a Google umbrella. The Web is not Google, and should not be just Google" http://ampletter.org/ …see more

Discussing #startupideas #books #literature #friendship #social #ideas #businessidea with Emily Achler / Italic Type and A.W. 'Tony' Scott

This discussion from Benedict Evans  and Steven Sinofsky  on the recent CES show and the future of connected home devices and more is worth a listen.