Mixtape + Tarantino, California, Self-Employment, Spain's free Netflix? *Spanish/English content*
02.10.23 - “Focus like a laser, not a flashlight" Michael Jordan aka The Goat + Top for the week on culture, tech, work, and play.
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Every Friday (maybe Saturday) I email a mixtape along with a cocktail of articles, quotes, essays, videos, screenshots, and podcasts that I find notably good for you and shareable.
Today’s playlist is inspired on the challenging discipline of focus for most of us. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”- Alexander Graham Bell
Rick Rubin shares his secrets to creativity.
Curious about poetry, but don’t know where or how to begin? How to Read a Poem by Edward Hirsch.
Partners and crime: Covid-19 hit domestic violence like gasoline hits a fire. When women are brutalized into silence, there’s a sickness in our society that is as hard to eradicate as any airborne virus.
Technostress is the new uber-stressor of our time. The rise of digitalisation at work is having a silent, yet significant, impact on individuals, organisations, and technology professionals. Read the Human Cost of the Digital Revolution.
Artists and designers in California found their voices by breaking from modernist traditions and embracing the light, color, and playful attitude of the West Coast.
The women forced to 'choose' self-employment.
Enlaces en Español:
Marc, el profesor de instituto en Barcelona "harto" de las faltas de respeto de los alumnos: "Lo dejo, me estoy amargando la vida".
España invierte en arte y cultura. Hay que aplaudir el compromiso de los españoles en promover el arte nacional. La Filmoteca Española acaba de poner los cimientos de la que será su plataforma de 'streaming', que no tendrá ningún coste para los usuarios y acogerá miles de títulos históricos.
Me encantó esta entrevista a Quentin Tarantino en el 2019, ante su 'penúltima' película: "El cine vive el final de una era”.
LIFE WITH CHILDREN 😂
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Have an awesome weekend!
Your fellow human,
-Jorge