Jonathan Trippett

[Naval @naval]

What did you come to this earth for, if not for love?

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

@Jason Since I am All-In on #Bitcoin, maybe you should invite me onto The All-In Podcast. I am sure an entertaining discussion would ensue.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How English has changed over the years

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Wanna see something cool?

In 1976 at the Grammy's, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? A standing ovation.

[Jonathan Trippett @thetrippett]

@icreatelife 🤣 October surprise? 😜

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

"I’ve never fell off a big chimney. You only fall off one of them once."

#OnThisDay 1979: Extraordinary steeplejack Fred Dibnah was introduced to the nation.

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

In 4 minutes, Kurt Vonnegut explained stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard.

“The shape of the curve is what matters. Not their origins.”

He plots stories on 2 axes:

X: Time
Y: Good fortune / ill fortune

He goes on to say,

“Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.”

Point 1:

Stories have defined patterns.

In Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a Thousand Faces, he makes the case for the Hero’s Journey.

Since then, it’s become the most famous storytelling structure in the world.

Vonnegut argued stories could be divided into 8 shapes.

Each story, he said, fit one of the 8.

Point 2:

Vonnegut says,

“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — so the reader may see what they're made of.”

To see who your characters really are, you have to make them suffer.

Only then does your audience have someone worth cheering for.

Point 3:

End on a high note.

Vonnegut says, “It’s not accidental that the line ends up higher than where it began. This is encouraging to readers.”

The way a story makes people feel when they finish is how they remember it.

It’s called recency bias.

Lift people up and they will love you.

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“There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.”

I wrote this with @RobbieCrab. Follow him for lessons on storytelling + fundraising.

And I talk about creative storytelling. Follow @nathanbaugh27 for more like that.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“Make before you manage.”

Even the most time-sensitive items can usually wait 60 minutes, and by make something, I mean anything.

You just need to feel like you’ve pushed a millimeter ahead in some creative direction.

The psychological difference between zero acts of creation and one act of creation, no matter how small, is impossible to overstate. If you’re lucky, sometimes that one idea, one sentence, or one shitty first draft can turn into something bigger. But the point is to be able to say to yourself, even for five minutes, “Hark! I am a creator, not just a janitor of bullshit! Here is proof that I can—and will!—do more than just manage minutiae… ”

We all spend time on the struggle bus. At the very least, this mantra has helped me to find a window seat when it’s my turn.

When in doubt, try it out: make before you manage.

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

(not) Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl

People using AI tools are creating the most insane things.

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Dave Carroll was a singer-songwriter and a member of the band Sons of Maxwell. In 2008, he flew with United Airlines from Halifax to Omaha, with a layover in Chicago. He checked in his Taylor guitar, which he valued at $3,500, as part of his luggage.

Upon arriving in Omaha, he discovered that his guitar was broken, apparently due to mishandling by the baggage handlers. He contacted United Airlines to file a claim, but faced indifference and bureaucracy. They informed him that he had missed the 24-hour window to report the damage and was not eligible for compensation.

In his attempts to escalate his complaint to various managers and executives, he received no satisfactory response or resolution. Frustrated, he decided to take matters into his own hands and wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars”, recording it with his band and posting it on YouTube.

The song quickly went viral and had a significant impact on United Airlines' reputation and customer satisfaction. Within four weeks of the video's release, United Airlines' stock price fell 10%, costing stockholders about $180 million in value.

[Nathan Lands @NathanLands]

@mrgreen @StabilityAI_JP

[Jonathan Trippett @thetrippett]

@icreatelife Inspirational

[Naval @naval]

Everyone will soon have “AI Anxiety.”

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Watching this artist make a traditional teapot may be the best thing you see today 🫖

[Jonathan Trippett @thetrippett]

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Rory has often mentioned his theory about us entering a 10 year global recession. Could he briefly explain on why he thinks this is the case and (less briefly) offer some words of advice on how we should prepare to weather the storms. Thank you!

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Bees are amazing! 🐝🌸🥄🍯

The bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1,000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey.

For us it is only a teaspoon of honey, but for the bee it is a life. https://t.co/MCgociIkJw

[Jonathan Trippett @thetrippett]

@soyRayden antidesestablecimiento

[Natalie Brunell ⚡️ @natbrunell]

Be the person who cares 🧡