Infinite Lunchbox

NEW INC invited me to give an artist talk about Deep Reckonings, moderated by the illustrious Kat Cizek. In it, I do something I've never done before: guide people in writing Deep Reckonings scripts! In other words, guide people in imagining our better angels. In this case, the better angel of Jeff Bezos. This episode is better watched on YouTube: http://bit.ly/newincsteph In related news: Deep Reckonings was nominated for a Webby Award! LET'S WIN :) Please take a minute to vote: bit.ly/deepwebby

Call-out culture is all about straw manning: representing the weakest version of someone's position (or the weakest version of something they tweeted a decade ago). So call-IN culture would be all about STEEL manning: representing the strongest version of someone's position. But what would that actually look like in practice? This video is a teaser for a NEW INC talk I'm giving *this* Friday 4/16 from 11am-12:15 PT / 2-3:15pm ET. Join me to build some steel versions of our straw men: http://bit.ly/steelsteph Check out Deep Reckonings: https://www.deepreckonings.com Be in touch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephlepp​​​ Join the party on Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephlepp

The New York Times has a headline this week: "Online Schools Are Here to Stay, Even After the Pandemic." The article does the predictable tug-of-war between online and in-person learning, ultimately arriving at the obvious conclusion that online learning works better for some students than others, and that online and in-person can be mixed-and-matched. Perhaps that conclusion is the place to start? And if we STARTED with an understanding that different schooling styles work better for different students, where would we END up? Show Notes: • New York Times' "Online Schools Are Here to Stay, Even After the Pandemic": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/technology/remote-learning-online-school.html • Infinite Lunchbox episode on the integral matrix & integral strategy: https://bit.ly/integralstrategy Be in touch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephlepp​​ Join the party on Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephlepp

Amazon workers in Alabama are trying to unionize. And influential people are trying to convince Jeff Bezos to support the campaign: Bernie, Danny Glover, even THE PRESIDENT. But what might actually move Bezos to support unionization, and more broadly, *change the game*? Also -- for those of you on Clubhouse, I'm hosting a conversation about the future of journalism! Friday, April 2nd from 10-11:30am PT / 1-2:30pm ET. To attend, join the Dent club or follow this link: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/xkryBA6y Be in touch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephlepp​  Join the party on Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephlepp 

How are religious myths metaphorically true? What if influencers are our modern-day Greek Gods? In which case, perhaps the issue is less the fact that there are influencers, and more *what* they're influencing? Be in touch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephlepp​ Join the party on Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephlepp