jason hirschhorn's @MediaREDEF: 02/17/2019 - All The President's Meals, Saving Good TV, Amazon's Mistake, How The Wealthy Pay, The Hospital is Dead, No Record Labels...

The feeling of experiencing failure in advance happens to many of us. But with active encouragement we can make it much worse. Is this interest remix not displaying correctly? | View it in your browser. Just watched episodes 1-4. Season 4 of "Billions" is full of power, politics, insecurity, convenient partnerships, commitment, love, loyalty, betrayal, and just absolute fun. Premieres March 17th. (Showtime) Sunday - February 17, 2019 Sun - 02/17/19 "The feeling of experiencing failure in advance happens to many of us. But with active encouragement we can make it much worse." -  Seth Godin, "The practical de-escalation of worry" rantnrave:// No rants or raves today... Just some skiing for me and a little THIEVERY CORPORATION live. But some extra good reads, listens, and watches for you... Happy Birthday to MORGAN WANDELL, JAY FAIRES, BETH CALLAGHAN, ROBERT VECSLER, and MINDY HERMAN. Belated to STEVE LEEDS, JESSE REDNISS, and MIKE HIRSHLAND. - Jason Hirschhorn, curator reggie bar Foreign Policy All the Presidents' Meals by C.K. Hickey From frozen cheese to cipollini soubise: Foreign Policy has collected menus of state dinners dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt to show how American tastes have changed over time-and with them, the image that the U.S. projects to the world. Hollywood Reporter The Case for Amazon Saving 'Patriot' (and Someone Else Saving 'Counterpart') by Tim Goodman Sometimes supporting great content is good for the brand, especially in terms of the message it sends to creators and subscribers. recode Amazon's grave HQ2 mistake: The political landscape changed but the company's playbook didn't by Jason Del Rey The HQ2 contest was very Amazonian. So was its refusal to back down. The Washington Post How sexist will the media's treatment of female candidates be? Rule out 'not at all.' by Margaret Sullivan Early coverage of Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand show that the sins of 2016 live on. GeekWire Q&A: Non-profit Take This addresses mental health challenges among gaming community and creators by Thomas Wilde The organization, which takes its name from a famous line of dialogue at the beginning of The Legend of Zelda, works to "provide resources, guidelines, and training about mental health issues in the game community, thus reducing the stigma of mental illness." Today I Found Out How Do the Insanely Wealthy Actually Pay for Something Worth Hundreds of Millions of Dollars? by Karl Smallwood When people buy expensive art worth hundreds of millions of dollars, how do they pay for it? Like could they pay with cash or do they have to have their bank wire the money? The Tennessean The hospital is dead. Welcome to Ducktown by Brett Kelman Rural hospitals are collapsing throughout Tennessee, creating health care deserts in poor, far-flung towns where residents are the most vulnerable. VentureBeat India is turning its back on Silicon Valley by Manish Singh In 2014, a year after Amazon launched its shopping site in India, CEO Jeff Bezos made a splash visit to the nation. Dressed in formal Indian wedding attire, he climbed up a brightly painted truck with an oversized $2 billion check. Bezos couldn't contain his excitement about India, home to the second-largest internet population. BuzzFeed News You Don't Need To Know Blackface's History To Use It As A Weapon by Bim Adewunmi Recent instances of blackface -- from Virginia's Gov. Ralph Northam to Gucci's fashion choices -- only reinforce the unfailing consistency of American anti-black racism. Medium The Record Label of The Future is No Label At All by Denisha Kuhlor Spotify's acquisitions of Gimlet and Anchor signal ambitious plans to disintermediate the music industry. barney greengrass Tablet Magazine The Myth of the Jewish Nose by Anne Roiphe It's not really a thing. So why have the stereotypes persisted for centuries, among Jews and anti-Semites alike? MIT Technology Review This is why AI has yet to reshape most businesses by Brian Bergstein For many companies, deploying AI is slower and more expensive than it might seem. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Alleged victims say powerful Georgia lawmaker repeatedly delays cases by Johnny Edwards Alleged victims say powerful Georgia lawmaker David Ralston is using the power of his office to repeatedly delay cases of his private legal practice Fast Company Facebook's Portal learned its video skills from some of Hollywood's best cameramen by Mark Sullivan Fast Company talked to the Facebook engineers who turned to the film industry to train the AI behind Portal's camera. BBC 'I wish GoFundMe didn't need to exist' by Dave Lee Some see GoFundMe's success as a sign of humanity's desire to help, while others consider it a result of society's failure to fully support its citizens. Motherboard How Kids YouTube Star Blippi Used Copyright Law to Hide His Harlem Shake Poop Video by Jason Koebler Someone claiming to represent Blippi filed DMCA copyright takedown requests to Google in order to get an embarrassing viral video hidden. The Guardian The Money Saving Expert: how Martin Lewis became the most trusted man in Britain by Daniel Cohen He has built a multimillion pound empire, and is driven to help people attain 'financial justice'. But in an age of predatory capitalism and rampant inequality, can one man's modest suggestions really make much difference? Deadline 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Puts The Mass Incarceration Issue On The Big Screen by Gina Clayton-Johnson Gina Clayton-Johnson is executive director of the Essie Justice Group, which she founded (and named after her great grandmother) in 2014 to harness the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to end mass incarceration's harm to women and communities. Forbes How Human-Centered Organizations Are Created: The Case Of The World Bank by Steve Denning How do you create human-centered organizations? I have devoted much of my life to finding and implementing an answer to that question. In the past, I have written in general terms about different aspects of the Agile transformation journey, including " Ten Steps For Launching An Agile Transformation" and about " The Twelve Stages Of The Agile Transformation Journey." Wired The Pentagon Needs to Woo AI Experts Away From Big Tech by Amy Webb Opinion: Without more DOD investment, there just aren't enough incentives to lure talent away from high-paying jobs with great benefits into a life of public service. The Guardian Roger McNamee: 'It's bigger than Facebook. This is a problem with the entire industry' by Alex Hern Mark Zuckerberg's mentor and an early investor in Facebook on why his book Zucked urges people to turn away from big tech's toxic business model Quartz We get the journalism we deserve by Akshat Rathi The levels of media literacy are too low to sustain high-quality journalism. Psychology Today Understanding the Connection Between Sleep and Anxiety by David DiSalvo New research helps explain the crucial linkages between sleep and mental health. Quanta Magazine How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past by Jordana Cepelewicz The brain can't directly encode the passage of time, but recent work hints at a workaround for putting timestamps on memories of events. MUSIC OF THE DAY YouTube "My Love Is" Little Willie John "REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?'" — @JasonHirschhorn REDEF, Inc. 25 Broadway, 5th Floor New York, NY 10014 redef.com YOU DON'T GET IT? Subscribe Unsubscribe/Manage My Subscription FOLLOW REDEF ON © Copyright 2019, The REDEF Group