UPDATED JUNE 21, 2026
UPDATED JUNE 21, 2026

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  • · 1d ago

    His mother ran a puppet ministry in a Baptist church, writing morality play scripts on a typewriter; McBride credits this early exposure to storytelling for his career path.

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    He keeps his children off smartphones to avoid them being glued to devices, instead using supervised computers and Apple watches they deem nerdy.

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    McBride pursued filmmaking from childhood, writing stories in notebooks and making backyard movies, and studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

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    Venker describes three decisions women make in their 20s that lock them into struggle: professional choice that lacks flexibility, relational choice of a man without professional footing, and financial decisions like high student debt.

  • · 2d ago

    Miller cites their New Media Fellowship, which received 2,000 applications, selected 65 fellows, and resulted in two hires for a16z to build a talent pipeline for the new media category.

  • · 2d ago

    Roose notes a belief within AI circles that OpenAI has not had a successful pre-training run recently, a harder and more expensive problem to fix than post-training, indicating a fundamental research challenge.

  • · 2d ago

    He notes a shift in student writing from the 'horny' energy of mid-20th century authors to neurotic, anxious, pleasureless fiction, often speculative and dystopian.

  • · 2d ago

    Dvorak reports a Colorado teacher was fired for requiring students to kiss in French skits; one student refused and received a zero.

  • · 3d ago

    Jacobsen and Rogan criticize scientific grant systems and institutional egos that resist interdisciplinary data, comparing sun exposure dogma to past errors like the margarine and low-fat diet advice.

  • · 3d ago

    Shipley recommends front-loading skill acquisition with four years of total sacrifice to lay down 10,000 hours, establishing a foundation that allows for balance later in a career.

  • · 4d ago

    Chase Hughes found that setting his child's iPad screen to red via accessibility settings reduced her addictive engagement with the device.

  • · 5d ago

    Public backlash against AI is uniquely centered among young people, evidenced by student walkouts at Stanford during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech.

  • · 5d ago

    Despite being debunked, dowsing maintained professional credibility; one in eight archaeology instructors in the 1980s were favorable to the practice.

  • · 6d ago

    Kumar uses a gratitude letter exercise in his teaching where students underestimate how surprised and positive recipients feel, and overestimate recipient awkwardness.

  • · 6d ago

    Corey Fuja argues Seven Sounding Co.'s artist development model fills a service gap for creatives that schools, churches, and even Hollywood's media industry fail to address.

  • · 6d ago

    Corey describes Arttown Creative Academy as a holistic family-centric development program, moving beyond typical lessons to include songwriting, production, sound design, composition, and integrating visual arts.

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