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In the years to come, as the streaming wars evolved from a U.S. competition to one increasingly global in scope, HBO’s long-running pursuit of profits over brand awareness would come back to haunt it, leaving the door open to rival streaming services. Before long, Netflix would be spreading out across the planet, gobbling up new subscribers and quickly establishing itself as the global leader in advertising-free subscription video-on-demand entertainment.
It's Not TV
Felix Gillette and John Koblin
That same question—What’s here that I’m not noticing?—can be extraordinarily powerful when we apply it to people: What about this person have I not noticed before? Or: What is this person feeling that I’ve been missing? This is part of that radical curiosity we talked about in Chapter Four.
The Good Life
Robert J. Waldinger and Marc Schulz Ph.D
I strongly suspect that many cigar smoking businessmen that tout competition as the only way to drive the world forwards, are simply incapable of imagining anything other than the instillation of fear as a way to elicit action.The inability to inspire, motivate, or sufficiently empathize with people (admittedly, not an everyday skillset) compels them to rely on coercion as a crutch - usually by leveraging the exquisite threat of not being able to pay rent.
The Shitty Stack System
tryingtruly.substack.com
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