Health. Sex. Art. 44 Essential Movies for the Student of Philosophy. What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “philosophical film”?
The Matrix, most likely, an obvious example of a movie—or franchise—that explores timeless questions: Who are we? What is reality? Are our lives nothing more than elaborate simulations programmed by hyperintelligent supercomputers? Okay, that last one may be of more recent vintage, but it’s closely related to that ancient cave allegory of Plato’s that asks us to consider whether our experiences of the world are nothing more than illusions emanating from a “real” world that lies hidden from view.
Another influence on The Matrix is Rene Descartes, whose dualistic separation of consciousness and body receives the maximum of dramatic treatment. But The Matrix is only one film among a great many that concern themselves with classic problems of philosophy. Another category on the list is “Movies featuring a philosopher.” Zizek! Related Content: Watch The Reality of the Virtual: 74 Minutes of Pure Slavoj Žižek (2004) Flood! A Novel in Pictures.
"A complex, dream-charged vision of alienation in the wet, mean streets of New York City, where primal, natural urges are suppressed in the lonely isolation of crowds.
It's a picture of a soulless civilization headed toward the apocalypse. It's a poetic and lyrical novel—told virtually without words . . . Mr. Drooker has discovered the magic of pulling light and life out of an inky sea of darkness. "
Trabalho. News. Economia. Livros. Complexidade. Practical things. History. Psychology. Sport. Tech. Extension. Sociedade. In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together. To illustrate the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, there may be no better example than the venture capital industry.
A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own. Unfortunately, that tendency turns out to be bad for business. “At the early stage of a company, you want the people around the table to challenge each other.” In the paper The Cost of Friendship, three Harvard researchers show that the more affinity there is between two VCs who co-invest in a new company, the less likely it is that the company will succeed.
The team set out to answer a few key questions: What specific characteristics influence individuals' desire to work together on an investment deal? Working with people similar to yourself can lead to poor decisions.Photo: iStockPhoto The team then examined how these similarities had affected the outcomes of the portfolio companies in the study. A startup’s success rate falls by 19% if the investors are college buddies - Quartz. “If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?”
— an ancient retort What’s a better way to hire? I don’t know. What I see are design bugs standing in the way of finding out. Actually getting good at something requires practice, measurement, and a chance to learn from failure. Most of my career has been focused on performance work, making systems more efficient and accurate. People are not computers, but hiring is (or should be) a kind of filter that constantly learns from both positive and negative feedback.
For instance, you know how many people passed the interview bar but later had to be fired. Startup Falls. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella needs an editor. Satya Nadella’s latest message to the troops—and to the world—is disquieting.
It lacks focus, specifics, and, if not soon sharpened, his words will worry employees, developers, customers, and even shareholders. As I puzzled over the public email Microsoft’s new CEO sent to his troops, Nicolas Boileau’s immortal dictum came to mind: Whatever is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease. Clarity and ease are sorely missing from Satya Nadella’s 3,100 plodding words, which were supposed to paint a clear, motivating future for 127,000 Microsoftians anxious to know where the new boss is leading them. Nadella is a repeat befuddler. “We are the only ones who can harness the power of software and deliver it through devices and services that truly empower every individual and every organization.
(More in the February 9th, 2014 Monday Note)
Política. Humor. Religião. Blogs e sites. Ser humano. Film. Animação. Science. Io message. What Marc Andreessen and Ron Conway teach Stanford students about raising money (in 4 quotes) Stanford University continues its overcrowded class in building super-successful startups, and every week, noted investor Sam Altman brings in local business celebrities to distill the secrets of Silicon Valley.
Most recently, he gathered Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, SV Angel patron Ron Conway, and Zenefits founder, Parker Conrad, to talk about what they look for in an investment. We have the full 50-minute lecture, below. And below that, four quotes that stood out as worthy of attention: “So the big thing that we’re looking for, no matter which sort of particular criteria we talked about, [is] they all have the characteristics that you are looking for the extreme outlier.” – Andreessen There’s a reason he’s looking for the outlier. It’s a common piece of advice, but Conway says that startup founders don’t practice this nearly enough. “If your company is successful, at least the ones we want to invest are the ones that want to build big franchise companies. In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together.
(1) Business Models. (1) Ron Conway & SV Angel : What is the business model of SV Angel? (1) Ron Conway & SV Angel : What is the business model of SV Angel?