Once a Week Episode #160
1. WE ARE NOT DIVIDED. DAVID BYRNE
"David Byrne has announced a multimedia project through his online magazine Reasons to Be Cheerful, titled We Are Not Divided. The project will run for six weeks between September 17th and November 2nd and will be a “collaborative journalistic exploration of our capacity to overcome division,"
https://wearenotdivided.reasonstobecheerful.world/
2. BUYING MYSELF BACK. WHEN DOES A MODEL OWN HER OWN IMAGE? EMILY RATAJKOWSKI
"I Googled my name, to discover that I was being sued, this time for posting a photo of myself on Instagram that had been taken by a paparazzo. I learned the next day from my own lawyer that despite being the unwilling subject of the photograph, I could not control what happened to it.
In the photo, I’m holding a gigantic vase of flowers that completely covers my face. My lawyer explained that the attorney behind the suit had been serially filing cases like these, so many that the court had labeled him a “copyright troll.” “They want $150,000 in damages for your ‘use’ of the image,” she told me, sighing heavily."
https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-owning-my-image-essay.html
3. THE THREE BREAKS YOU NEED TO TAKE EVERY DAY. LAURA VANDERKAM
"While no one can make more time, energy is a different matter. Ever wonder why it takes twice as long to write a report at 2:30 p.m. as it does at 10:30 a.m.? You haven’t gotten dumber — it’s just that your energy levels change during the workday. Your tired brain will take a break either way, but will probably choose something non-refreshing like doomscrolling for an hour before you know what you’re doing. So take charge and schedule in these three crucial breaks."
https://forge.medium.com/the-3-breaks-you-need-to-take-every-day-44b84e062086
4. THE END OF APPLAUSE. JEFF JARVIS
"In the abstract, applause is stupid: You hit yourself, but only when in the company of others hitting themselves, to show approval. The end of applause occurred to me as I watched recent events: Apple’s latest product announcement sans clapping geeks and sycophants (revealing its true aesthetic as just another infomercial); the US Open with tepid, sitcom-like clap-tracks where cheers would have been; the Democrats’ intimate and audience-free YouTube convention and Sarah Cooper’s opener for Jimmy Kimmel’s show. The pandemic has killed clapping."
https://buzzmachine.com/2020/09/16/the-end-of-applause/
5. COSS THE BOSS. CONBODY & VICE TV
I had the opportunity to meet Coss Marte and listen to his story almost five years ago. He's worked out how to build a phenomenal business that values purpose as much as it values profit, oh and he's a kick-ass storyteller too.
"At the age of 14, Coss started selling cocaine in LES Manhattan. By the time he was 18 he was making 3 million a year via his revolutionary, tri-state drug delivery service.Today Coss hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach prison- style bootcamp classes at CONBODY in efforts to bridge the gap between young professionals and ex-cons and more importantly to give them a second change in life."