The history of tech has calcified into stories of dramatic wins and unforeseen downfalls, and what results is a tech culture of near compulsory participation in prediction rather than creating value or serving needs.

• Frank Chimero, Beyond The Machine

Expecting a sanctioned biopic to deliver unvarnished truth misunderstands the dynamics: The estate is the gatekeeper, and the film is a catalog activation strategy — a two-hour advertisement engineered to send audiences straight to streaming platforms to rediscover the back catalog.

• James Sammataro, Attorney for the law firm representing Sony Music

It feels really good when the dominant culture likes the things you like but it should never be construed as more than companies finding new ways to amortize art.

Hard for me to believe that today is my daughter’s very last regular day of high school ever. Her mother and I tried not to overthink it as we had breakfast together but I did insist on a photo.

Quality time with other humans all pretending to not be human.

🦉 The coolest playground at Bonnet Springs park, FL.