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@SGrey589 3. Go back and look at the copyright date. (no peeking)
4. Marvel at how you thought you were reading about the "modern" media problems we see all around us.
The book changed my whole perception of the world.
I don't agree with his "solutions". But it clarifies the real problem.
@SGrey589 For your TV
1. Across the Pacific
panam.org
Mind blowing what they did.
The original use case for airplanes was to drop bombs.
Juan Trippe saw international passenger travel when biplanes were still barnstorming.
@SGrey589 2. The Men Who Built America
history.com
In school they taught us they were "robber barons". OMFG! When faced with obstacles, people solve problems.
Turns out solving impossible problems is valuable.
See where billionaires giving back started and why.
@SGrey589 One other book is worth a quick read.
- Zero to One, Peter Thiel
It is about birthing truly new ideas, rather than making incremental improvements on what already exists.
My favorite quote is
@SGrey589 β€œIn the most minimal sense, the future is simply the set of all moments yet to come. But what makes the future distinctive and important isn’t that it hasn’t happened yet, but rather that it will be a time when the world looks different from today."
@SGrey589 "In this sense, if nothing about our society changes for the next 100 years, then the future is over 100 years away. If things change radically in the next decade, then the future is nearly at hand."
Personally, I see a future that is nearly at hand.

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