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"The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"
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Tech bros invent time travel in PARADOX INC, out soon from Penguin Random House! bit.ly/paradoxinc
Tech bros invent time travel in PARADOX INC, out soon from Penguin Random House! bit.ly/paradoxinc
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Charles & Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare were published closer to the writing of Shakespeare's actual plays than to the present day.
There was a period, which lasted no more than 50 years (1870-1918), in which it was understood that the Great Books needed to be read by the young but that they couldn't be read without graduated steps into them: recast tales and well-calibrated anthologies before the real deal.View quoted post on X
Saw the new Cat in the Hat movie with my kids. Weirdly startled by the message:
- The older kid’s angst and resentment of her mom is framed as unambiguously whiny, ungrateful, and baseless
- the mom’s motivations are shown to be incontrovertibly just and good
- At the end, the kids tearfully apologize to the mom for their bad attitudes, and this is presented sincerely as a growth moment for them
Can’t express how odd it is to see this framing in a wide release children’s movie. No other recent examples come to mind.
- The older kid’s angst and resentment of her mom is framed as unambiguously whiny, ungrateful, and baseless
- the mom’s motivations are shown to be incontrovertibly just and good
- At the end, the kids tearfully apologize to the mom for their bad attitudes, and this is presented sincerely as a growth moment for them
Can’t express how odd it is to see this framing in a wide release children’s movie. No other recent examples come to mind.
Does your tech company have a book club internally?
A few I know that do:
- Stripe (obvs)
- Block Inc
- Cloudflare
If you are involved with attending or running a book club in your org, could you let me know? Would love to briefly chat with you.
A few I know that do:
- Stripe (obvs)
- Block Inc
- Cloudflare
If you are involved with attending or running a book club in your org, could you let me know? Would love to briefly chat with you.