Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' | | | | Alex Gibney perfectly explores fraud, egomania, and hype at THERANOS in HBO's "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley." Airs March 18th.
(HBO) | | | | | |  | "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
| - | Martin Luther King, Jr. | | | | | | | rantnrave:// Not much today as I'm on holiday trying to ski, but then DELTA decided to just take my bag off the plane with others due to the weight of the plane. No heads up. Leaving me stranded with nothing including my heart and diabetes meds. I rant about airlines of because many of them treat their customers like cattle waiting for the slaughter. I'm writing a piece about the airline industry and how little respect most airlines, not all, have for their passengers. Would like to hear your experiences via email. DELTA and UNITED are a major focus, but happy to hear all. I've never quite seen an industry like this. And we live in the age of AMAZON, where things just work... Lots of talk about the fall of publishing for over a decade. Since the early days of the consumer internet, the lack of strategy, and monumental insecurity (FOMO) has plagued publishers of newspapers, magazines, and news-oriented sites. I'm mostly focusing here on the U.S. And it's not an absolute. But in the worst cases, it's caused them to be lambs for lions. Whether the early days of free content on YAHOO or the rumors of revenue splits with APPLE. Then there is a narrative given all the layoffs in publishing that this is also a terrible indicator of health. But I want to push back on this a little. Maybe the IPO and VC fueled growth targets expanded these areas well beyond reality and catered to the hype. Likely they never should have been that big. Sometimes right-sizing is just that. It's a great debate... The new breed of politicians better learn how to compromise. Thinking a lot about AMAZON NYC. Will be back with a measured look in a few days. My father used to say, "it's never about what it's about." Looking a lot like that in the early moments... My girl is right, the BLACK PANTHER soundtrack is literally perfect. A masterpiece... A wormhole just opened up in the universe. I agreed with ANN COULTER on something. The MANGO MUSSOLINI is an idiot... OMFG. ADIDAS, really?... 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But to remain atop the Iron Throne, the company will need to change and grow. This isn't the War of Five Kings, but of dozens of would-be usurpers – many of whom are backed by untold billions and orthogonal business models. Here, REDEF covers where HBO is today and how it got there, who it now competes against, and the moves it needs to make. | | | |  | Deadspin | | I really don't know anything about dogs despite having owned one for the past six years. That's actually not true, but it's easy to feel self-conscious about your own knowledge of dogs after spending a full day at the Westminster Dog and Kennel Show, which wrapped up last night in New York. | | | |  | Business Insider | | From Marvel's "Black Panther" to DC's "Aquaman," superheroes dominated Hollywood in 2018. 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