Writers are rarely treated like rock stars — or even developers. Once in a long while you get a Christopher Hitchens, but more often than not you have to leave journalism and blogging to become a VC, CEO, or screenplay writer to get your payday.
What Now… Yahoo? | PandoDaily

This got deleted from the account it was originally posted to, but this is awesome and you have to watch it. It’s about the gap between beginner and mastery.

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 3 of 4 (by PRI)

For angel rounds it’s rare to see a valuation lower than half a million or higher than 4 or 5 million. 4 million is starting to be VC territory.
PG in 2009.
This man was murdered by the state of Texas in 1989 by lethal injection for a murder which he didn’t commit. RIP Carlos. (via The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death | World news | The Guardian)

This man was murdered by the state of Texas in 1989 by lethal injection for a murder which he didn’t commit. RIP Carlos. (via The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death | World news | The Guardian)

In the more distant future, there’s another set of sectors what seems ripe for displacement by technology. Broadcast media and space/transportation are two examples.

Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 10 Notes Essay

Hopefully it’s not too distant…

That is a really bad idea. It is very likely that one channel is optimal. Most businesses actually get zero distribution channels to work. Poor distribution—not product—is the number one cause of failure.
Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 9 Notes Essay
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