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SPOS #831 – Robert Livingston On Seeking And Speaking The Truth About Racism

Welcome to episode #831 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #831 – Host: Mitch Joel. His book, The Conversation – How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racisms Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organization, is widely regarded as one of the best books on the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion. Dr. Robert Livingston is a social psychologist and leading expert on the science underlying bias and racism in organizations. Prior to joining the Harvard Kennedy School in 2015, he held positions as Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Sussex, where he was also area chair, and founder and faculty director of the Centre for Leadership, Ethics, and Diversity. Dr. Livingston is also a practitioner whose passion is the application of social psychological theory and research to solving real-world organizational and societal challenges. For two decades, he has served as a diversity consultant to scores of Fortune 500 companies, public-sector agencies, and non-profit organizations. His Harvard Business Review article, How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace, was the winner of the 2020 Warren Bennis Prize, awarded to the best article on leadership published in HBR each year. This article was also included in HBR at 100 — a book showcasing the most influential and innovative articles published in Harvard Business Review over the last century. His groundbreaking approach to combatting racism is detailed in the book, The Conversation. It was selected from among 600 entries as one of six finalists for the Financial Times & McKinsey Best Book of 2021 Award. The Conversation was also nominated for a 2022 NAACP Image Award in the “Outstanding Literary Work—Instructional” category. Dr. Livingston is an elected Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and he was also selected by Thinkers50 as a member of the Radar Class of 2022. Enjoy the conversation…

Running time: 53:55.Hello from beautiful Montreal.Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts.Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation.Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.or you can connect on LinkedIn.…or on Twitter.Here is my conversation with Dr. Robert Livingston.The Conversation – How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racisms Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organization.UpCurrent by Robert Livingston on Substack.Follow Robert on LinkedIn.

This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’.

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Six Links Worthy of Your Attention #624

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, Interesting Bits, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see.”

Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another: 

An Eater Critic’s Night Out With a TikTok Food Influencer – Eater. “Five minutes shooting slow-motion video of poured cheese is the new appetizer course, apparently. A couple of years ago I spoke with some restaurateurs about how social media—and all of us being content producers—has fundamentally changed dining. ‘Once, people came in and ate,’ one told me. ‘Now they set up their own lights, and spend twenty minutes editing a TikTok video before they order.’ Here’s what that looks like to a food critic.” (Alistair for Hugh). Dave Smith, founder of Sequential and ‘father’ of MIDI, has died at 72 – MusicTech . “I only knew of Dave Smith‘s work tangentially, and didn’t realize that in addition to MIDI, Dave was behind the Prophet synth. Last weekend, I met someone who plays the AKAI EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument)—which looks like a vacuum cleaner with buttons, but uses breath for note velocity, and can perform everything from fusion jazz to some pretty hard dubstep. Much of the resurgence in home performance, and most live electronica, owes its past to MIDI, and the work Dave pioneered. His contributions to music are incredible.” (Alistair for Mitch).Origins Podcast with Michael Shellenberger – From Apocalypse Never to Running for Governor – Lawrence Krauss. “I think that climate is probably our biggest existential challenge, and I’m not alone. I’ve read the skeptics, including Bjorn Lomborg, but they always failed to convince. Here, however, environmental activist and climate moderate Michael Shellenberger talks with physicist Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Climate Change (highly recommended), and makes a very compelling case that many of our climate, and environmental, policies are likely to cause more damage than good. I can’t say I was completely won over, but I’ll certainly be thinking about this convo for a long time, and it has shifted my perspective.” (Hugh for Alistair). More People Are Moving to Manhattan Than Before the Pandemic – Bloomberg . “I was recently in NYC for the first time since before the pandemic. And, despite the work from home revolution – that maybe might kill cities? – I have to say the electricity of a vibrant city like NYC is still there. So, I’m surprised and not surprised that more people are moving to Manhattan than ever before.” (Hugh for Mitch). How ‘Trustless’ Is Bitcoin, Really? – The New York Times . “Economics, currency, digital transformation, and where is this all going? I’ve spent countless hours studying, tinkering and meandering around the Web3 world. Sure, it’s my job, but it’s also a personal passion project. I enjoy being able to poke around new technology, which usually comes along with a new way of looking at our commonly held beliefs. The economic and currency component is the most challenging and complex area to understand. Most will just skim the headlines, so everything they ’think’ that they know about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is tainted. At its source, Bitcoin is a very durable currency (maybe the most durable after gold?). Still, it’s being lumped in with every other crypto and the rollercoaster nightmare that is their value on the market today. With that, we keep hearing that the true power of Bitcoin comes from how decentralized, egalitarian and anonymous it is. Some scientists are now arguing that this may not be as real as everyone thinks…” (Mitch for Alistair). Book shopping at the worlds largest bookstore + book haul – Darling Desi – YouTube . “I have never been to Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. It is the world’s largest independent bookstore. And, when they say ‘largest’ this is much, much more than you will anticipate. This is a charming video that is really just a shopping haul video, but it’s not. Watch how this is filmed, edited, mixed, and more. I don’t think Powell’s City of Books could have created something this compelling even with the help of a great advertising agency and a massive budget. It’s not only fun to explore the store with Desiree, but this is just a big ‘wow’ if you create content, because the quality of this video (and her others) are next level. So… it’s a blast to go on this book shopping adventure with her almost as much as it is to analyze it for the amazing piece of content that it is. I’m left wondering how the marketing and communications department of the store must be thanking their lucky starts that this is out there in the world. I’m sure people like Ann Handley and Jay Baer will also just love this.” (Mitch for Hugh).

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Zoe Chance On News Ways To Think About Influence And Persuasion – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

Episode #830 of Six Pixels of Separation is now live and ready for you to listen to.

Dr. Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence. She earned her doctorate from Harvard and now teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management, which is the basis for her international bestseller, Influence Is Your Superpower – The Science of Winning Hearts, Speaking Change and Making Good Things Happen. Her framework for behavior change is the foundation for Google’s global food policy, and before academia, she managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie brand at Mattel. Today, Zoe teaches smart, kind people to raise money for charity, get elected to political office, fund startups, start movements, save lives, find love, negotiate great deals and job offers, and even get along better with their kids. In other words, she helps people to use their superpower of influence as a force for good. Influence Is Your Superpower will teach you how to transform your life, your organization, and perhaps even the course of history. It’s an ethical approach to influence that will make life better for everyone, starting with you. Enjoy the conversation…

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SPOS #830 – Zoe Chance On News Ways To Think About Influence And Persuasion

Welcome to episode #830 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #830 – Host: Mitch Joel. Dr. Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence. She earned her doctorate from Harvard and now teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management, which is the basis for her international bestseller, Influence Is Your Superpower – The Science of Winning Hearts, Speaking Change and Making Good Things Happen. Her framework for behavior change is the foundation for Google’s global food policy, and before academia, she managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie brand at Mattel. Today, Zoe teaches smart, kind people to raise money for charity, get elected to political office, fund startups, start movements, save lives, find love, negotiate great deals and job offers, and even get along better with their kids. In other words, she helps people to use their superpower of influence as a force for good. Influence Is Your Superpower will teach you how to transform your life, your organization, and perhaps even the course of history. It’s an ethical approach to influence that will make life better for everyone, starting with you. Enjoy the conversation…

Running time: 47:39.Hello from beautiful Montreal.Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts.Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation.Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.or you can connect on LinkedIn.…or on Twitter.Here is my conversation with Zoe Chance.Influence Is Your Superpower.Follow Zoe on LinkedIn.Follow Zoe on Twitter.

This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’.

Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #830 – Host: Mitch Joel.

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Six Links Worthy of Your Attention #623

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, Interesting Bits, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see.”

Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another: 

Ardern’s forceful reminder: Democracies can die – The Harvard Gazette. “Jacintha Ardern is a compelling leader with a good track record and wide public support. That’s increasingly rare in the world; her Harvard commencement address sums up what many of us who understand the workings of the Internet have been worrying about for a long time. Is social media just another medium? Or should we treat it for what it is — an entirely new neurology for our species? Ardern makes a compelling case for regulation, and lays out the consequences of ignoring its impact on our ability to govern according to facts. Democracy may die in darkness, but it also withers in falsehoods.” (Alistair for Hugh). AI turned a Rembrandt masterpiece into 5.6 terabytes of data – Popular Science . “717,000,000,000 pixels. That’s how big this restored, digitized version of Rembrandt‘s The Night Watch is, thanks to a collaboration between advanced imaging, AI interpolation, and human ingenuity. Probably better than being there in person.” (Alistair for Mitch). Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data – Wired . “I began migrating my personal email to Protonmail a few years ago, when I started getting nervous about the idea that Google‘s business model involves reading my Gmail emails, in order to better serve me ads. I’m still only about half-way to getting rid of Gmail altogether, but this article about Proton kicked me in the the pants a bit. I love this: ‘The way Google defines privacy is, ‘Nobody can exploit your data, except for us.’” (Hugh for Alistair). Rick Astley – Episode #233 – Song Exploder . “The Song Exploder podcast goes into the detail about how great songs were built, by those who made them. In this episode, one of the great songs of the 80s, that became one of the great Internet Memes, gets the treatment.” (Hugh for Mitch). On Discord, Music Fans Become Artists’ Besties, Collaborators, and Even Unpaid Interns – Pitchfork . “I’ve long believed that Discord would be the eight hundred pound gorilla in the social audio space. What started off as a hub for gamers to connect (chat and message one another) has grown into a pillar for those who believe in the community aspects of Web3. While it seems like hockey stick growth is just around the corner, I also struggle with Discord (and, I know that I am not alone). It’s complex, not obvious and it takes a beat to understand. This article takes a look at how rock stars and musicians are using it to build community and connection with fans. So, as Twitter steps back from Spaces and the buzz of Clubhouse fades, is Discord about to take the crown?” (Mitch for Alistair). Dan Reynolds – Imagine Dragons – Lex Fridman Podcast #290 – YouTube . “While walking on my morning trails, my iPhone shifted over to this episode of The Lex Fridman Podcast with Imagine Dragon’s frontman, Dan Reynolds. Imagine Dragons is a polarizing band (some loathe them like Nickelback, while others see them as one of the biggest pop rock bands in the world today). I was at one of their two sold out concerts in Montreal at the Bell Centre (our hometown arena) last month, and it was a great show. This is not your standard lead singer interview. Dan is a fascinating human who has struggled with everything from a crisis of religion (he grew up as a Mormon) to his own public push for people to not be scared of therapy, dealing with their anxiety and depression, and beyond. This is a great conversation about culture, art, creating something out of nothing, theology, and there’s even a hint of psychedelics dashed throughout. Even if you don’t like his band, this is a conversation worth listening to.” (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

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How Do We Reshape Work Today When The Office Seems So Far Away

Hybrid isn’t the answer.

In fact, I would argue that when you ask an executive what “hybrid” means, mostly, it feels like they’re saying one thing: “We don’t really know.”

When a company leader says that they have embraced a hybrid working model… or that hybrid is the future of work, it’s a deflection. When you scratch beneath the veneer of that hybrid there’s little in terms of true organizational structure that can define how a company has truly made this work. Is it by day? Department? Meetings? An individual’s schedule? When someone’s says they’re fully in-office, we understand. When someone says they’re fully remote, we understand. When someone says they’re hybrid, it means they don’t know… and we don’t know. It’s neither here nor there…. It just… depends. And, that’s understandable… but it’s troublesome.

Here are a few data points that might surprise you, as in-person office resumes (regardless of which wave of the pandemic we find ourselves in)…

“75% of executives want to come back to the office three or more days a week – compared with just 37% of rank-and-file employees.” – Slack Future Forum.“17% of office worked say they’re working remotely because they moved away.” – Pew Study 2022.“Half of workers would rather quit than to be told to return full-time.” – Robert Half Survey 2022.

If you asked an employee what would make them come back to the office, many mention moments of collaboration. At the top of that list would be meetings. In the same breath, most employees would argue that the vast majority of meetings could have been an email… or that most meetings are a waste of time. So, if meetings are not that effective, what is a good reason to assemble and work under one roof? What you find, if you really dig into the conversations, is that everyone (from leaders to entry level) have their own perspective, emotions and personality-types that taint their answers.

Which can be humorous.

We’ve seen the notion of holocracy fall down almost as flat as its model for providing a flat management structure that distributes authority to each individual over the typical hierarchical corporate culture model.

Let me propose a thought: If you start the conversation about the future of work/office life with, “I think….” It’s not going to end well. Full stop. Wherever you may be in the organization, what your daily work means to you, personally, is just that: Personal. It often (if ever) entails an understanding of the entire organism and how it functions (as an entity), that both builds a unique culture and can deliver against its financial goals. Said another way… how you work in a company – on a day-to-day basis to get your job done – may have little bearing on what it takes for the overall company to be successful.

That’s a tough pill to swallow.

It also forces leadership to rethink work and office life, and this could wind up blowing up a lot of things. Whether this is a recession or we have severe supply chain issues or a employment challenge or a myriad of other macro issues that are slamming businesses today, it’s important for all of us to remember, that if the vast majority of office work has shifted to remote or hybrid models, it also facilitates a company’s ability to hire anyone from anywhere. This means that a job can travel at a higher and faster velocity than the 17% of office workers who said they’re working remotely because they moved away. With that, employees will have more options, but so too will employers who might start looking outside of bigger metropolitan cities to build a remote (or hybrid) talent pool… at a fraction of the cost. The reshaping of work is going to tumultuous for everyone.

We may want to start by getting everyone (leadership and team members) on the exact same page.

Fat Mike From NOFX On This Month’s Groove – The No Treble Podcast

Fat Mike is this month’s conversation on Groove – The No Treble Podcast.

You can listen the new episode right here: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #90 – Fat Mike.

Who is Fat Mike ?

Let’s set the table properly for this podcast. This episode is NSFW. There is a lot of language, sexual content, inappropriate things that are said… and much more. This is all to be expected if you’ve spent any time with Fat Mike from the punk rock band, NOFX. He is candid, real, raw and doesn’t hold back – on anything (including himself and his own life). Fat Mike (aka Michael John Burkett) is not just the bassist for NOFX, but the lead vocalist, main songwriter and producer of the band as well. Since the early 80s, he’s been chugging away and making a racket. Mike is also the owner and founder of Fat Wreck Records, and had make several appearance as Cokie The Clown (also the name of an EP and a solo record that he recorded). He’s written a musical (Home Street Home), founded Punkvoter.com, has a brand of panties marketed towards and men, and his own podcast, Fat Mike’s Fat Mic. Enjoy the conversation…

What is Groove – The No Treble Podcast?

This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.

Listen in:  Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #90 – Fat Mike.

Groove – Episode #90: Fat Mike by No Treble

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David McRaney On The Surprising Science of How Minds Change – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

Episode #829 of Six Pixels of Separation is now live and ready for you to listen to.

When you have a curious mind, you might find yourself wondering what it takes to truly change someone’s mind… is that even possible? Especially as things get as crazy as they have become? David McRaney had his own mind changed (about many things)… and it surprised him. David is a science journalist, and he’s fascinated with all things brains, minds and culture. He created the blog/book/podcast, You Are Not So Smart, to get a better understanding of self-delusion and motivated reasoning. He started the blog in 2009, and the book became a bestseller shortly after (now available in 17 languages). His second book, You Are Now Less Dumb, was released in 2013, and his latest book is, How Minds Change – The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion and Persuasion. David also recently wrote, produced, and recorded a six-hour audio documentary, Exploring Genius, that dives deep into the history of the idea and the word: genius. With that, if you think that we can’t motivate others to rethink their beliefs, you would be wrong. If you still don’t believe me, listen to this show. Enjoy the conversation…

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SPOS #829 – David McRaney On The Surprising Science of How Minds Change

Welcome to episode #829 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #829 – Host: Mitch Joel. When you have a curious mind, you might find yourself wondering what it takes to truly change someone’s mind… is that even possible? Especially as things get as crazy as they have become? David McRaney had his own mind changed (about many things)… and it surprised him. David is a science journalist, and he’s fascinated with all things brains, minds and culture. He created the blog/book/podcast, You Are Not So Smart, to get a better understanding of self-delusion and motivated reasoning. He started the blog in 2009, and the book became a bestseller shortly after (now available in 17 languages). His second book, You Are Now Less Dumb, was released in 2013, and his latest book is, How Minds Change – The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion and Persuasion. David also recently wrote, produced, and recorded a six-hour audio documentary, Exploring Genius, that dives deep into the history of the idea and the word: genius. With that, if you think that we can’t motivate others to rethink their beliefs, you would be wrong. If you still don’t believe me, listen to this show. Enjoy the conversation…

Running time: 55:38.Hello from beautiful Montreal.Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts.Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation.Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.or you can connect on LinkedIn.…or on Twitter.Here is my conversation with David McRaney.How Minds Change – The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion and Persuasion.You Are Not So Smart.You Are Now Less Dumb.Exploring Genius.You Are Not So Smart – the podcast.Follow David on LinkedIn.Follow David on Instagram.Follow David on Twitter.This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’.

Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #829 – Host: Mitch Joel.

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Six Links Worthy of Your Attention #622

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, Interesting Bits, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see.”

Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another: 

The Legendary Commando Raid At St. Nazaire – The Greatest Raid Of All Time – Timeline – YouTube. “Say what you will about Jeremy Clarkson, this is an amazing documentary about the commando raid on the German-occupied dry dock at St. Nazaire in France on March 28th, 1942, at a time when the idea of small, agile teams of ‘commandos’ was still controversial. Eighty—eighty—years ago. I found it surprisingly gripping.” (Alistair for Hugh). Nomen est omen – Secretum Secretorum . “My sister’s dermatologist is Dr. Skinner. A friend’s gynecologist is Dr. Flow. Coincidence? Not really. These aptronyms (the term for a fittingly apt name) do appear to actually have an effect on our choice of career or our skills. No wonder, when only a few generations ago Mr. Smith came from a long line of hammer-swinging smiths. But is the reverse true? Is ‘Mitt’ an accursed name for an aspiring politician? From writerly bias, to the bouba/kiki test, this is a fascinating article. For me, it really underscores just how much influence the right slogan (‘Lock Her Up!’ or ‘Idle No More’, for example) has on our neurology.” (Alistair for Mitch). The power of shit – Aeon . “I debated who would get this link to the most fascinating article about shit I’ve ever read. In the end I decided to flip a coin. Alistair won.”  (Hugh for Alistair). Why Success in Canada Means Moving to America – The Walrus . “I include this article mainly for reference to the game: ‘Dead or Canadian’, in which a name is presented, say, Phil Hartman, and the challenge is to decide whether he’s dead, Canadian, or both.” (Hugh for Mitch). All-In Summit – Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner on markets, downturns & investment cycles – Episode #81 – All-In Podcast . “The weather is getting warmer and warmer, which means that my early morning walks are getting longer and longer… which means that I have more and more time to listen to podcasts. I was not familiar with this show, All-In. I, obviously, know the hosts and guests from their reputations in the tech startup investing world. This show, All-In, had their own gathering, All-In Summit, and this is one of the panel conversations. It’s a sobering perspective on the world of tech, startups, venture capital and the near-term economy. Hat-tip to Brett Hurt for posting about this episode out on his socials. I learned a lot listening to this episode, and it gave me a lot to think about… not all good things but a reasonable perspective on just how good the past fews years have been, and how lean things may be for the next while…” (Mitch for Alistair). Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money – Episode #276 – Lex Fridman Podcast . “Podcast host, Lex Fridman, likes to joke that he asks dumb questions. Questions like, “what is money?” I’d argue that they are not dumb questions. We take what we know for granted and rarely reflect (deeply) on many topics that are critical to our growth and future. This episode is over four hour long, and it’s with two intelligent minds discussing a range of topics. Most people in tech know Michael Saylor as the CEO of MicroStrategy and an ambassador for Bitcoin. I’m not as interested in crypto and Bitcoin as I am about divergent thinking on economics, money, power and politics. This episode has a lot of that. As buffed as you think you might be on these topics, please take a listen. There’s still so much more to think about and understand, especially as the markets get rocked and safe havens become harder and harder to find.” (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

Are you interested in what’s next? How to decode the future? I publish between 2-3 times per week and then the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast comes out every Sunday. Feel free to subscribe (and tell your friends)