The Power of Curiosity and Inspiration
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What Needs To Be Said
All day, I kept telling myself I shouldn’t say anything. Then I realized: what the fuck? Be honest.
I found Paul’s post tactless. And I found Erick’s response inappropriate. Perhaps both are fitting given the entire clusterfuck that is this situation. But both are also quite sad.
Many of you are watching TechCrunch unravel before your very eyes. That sucks. It sucks for me too. But TechCrunch is also too big to fail. One way or another, it will live on. Try as hard as AOL might, they can’t totally fuck it up. That’s just the truth.
Also the truth: AOL has not reached out to me once in this entire situation. You’d think they might care about something like that. Evidently, they don’t. I’m not losing any sleep over it, but it’s curious.
I appreciate the outpouring of support from everyone. No matter what happens, don’t worry, I’ll be fine. I’m just sincerely worried about the state of AOL that they seem to have a total disregard for the actual situation. TechCrunch is a key property and one of the few bright spots in their portfolio. But to them, it’s apparently just numbers.
That’s a losing stance. TechCrunch may survive with that stance, but it will not thrive as it has. That’s the CNET stance. Complacency is poison.
Everyone still at TechCrunch knows this. That’s why Paul’s post is dangerous. He’s shining the spotlight on something, but he’s missing the mark. There is exactly one person to blame for all of this — and her name is not Erick.
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Living to 100 and Beyond - Scientists are saying that the first humans to live to 1,000 years old have already been born. (Insane, I know.) This article does a good job at asking a lot of philosophical questions about what type of repercussions society will face as we all begin living much older than our past ancestors.
Note: this topic makes for a great table conversation piece - try it out at your next dinner party.
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I know they’re still not the prettiest shoe in the world, but the latest update to the classic Vibram Five Fingers, the Vibram Five Finger Trek LS, makes these crazy looking shoes a little bit more sane.
And to those wondering about their functionality, I own a pair and actually really love them for less intense workouts and especially for running on the beach (they’re more stable than running barefoot, and your feet don’t sink into the sand as much as they do when you’re wearing tennis shoes).
What do you think about the new design?
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Over the last few weeks, we’ve been slowly bringing a handful of organizations on to the Rally platform. One of our earliest beta testers, Students of the World, is raising money to bring students from the University of Texas and the Cine Institute of Haiti together for a documentary on the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
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SMCA POSTERI like posters that are bold enough to see from a distance and as you step up, they give you the details you need. via baubauaus
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We’re hiring at Votizen.
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Be Good to Yourself and Others (Taken with Instagram at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈)
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Today, Piryx is happy to announce the addition of Jason Hreha to its management team. A graduate of Stanford University, Jason is an expert in Behavior Design, an emerging applied psychology discipline that helps companies design products and services that more effectively meet human needs.
