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It starts in the most on-brand MrBeast way possible:
> I genuinely believe if you attently read and understand the knowledge here you will be much better set up for success. So, if you read this book and pass a quiz I’ll give you $1,000.
How to succeed in MrBeast production (leaked PDF)
simonwillison.net
The old idea from Iris Murdoch endures: the most important revelation that stories offer is that *other people exist*. Stories in fiction and stories unfolding right before our eyes. Other people exist! A miraculous banality, half comedy and half tragedy, and a truth that takes rituals and habits to take seriously. We calibrate our inflated sense of self by learning from others’ gifts and from their suffering, and perhaps we learn the most when those two are almost irreducibly mixed.
Object Lessons
Sara Hendren
Dialogue from movies and TV shows has become more difficult to hear in recent years, prompting many to switch on subtitles for much of what they watch. As this video from Vox details, the reasons for this shift come down to a desire for realism, choices that filmmakers have access to because of technology, and mediocre at-home sound systems on TVs, computers, and devices.
Why We All Need Subtitles Now
Jason Kottke
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