ABOVE THE FOLD #54

Good morning :) No preamble today. Let's get into it:

The links

1. Using AI to dub films into any language (v cool)

2. Gary V's NFT proj sets the new bar

3. What should we regulate more?

4. The Will Smith machine at work

5. Link in bio as the new billboard

Longer read: why going to the doctor sucks and the advent of healthcare hospitality

TIL: Starbucks didn't invent the Frappuccino. It was the creation of Boston's "Coffee Connection" which Starbucks acquired in 1994 for $23M. By 1996, Starbs did $52M in Frappuccino sales (and have done much more since then :)

Random thoughts: there's a saying that goes something like "a lie told often enough becomes the truth." A great example of this is advice - the more we hear something as good advice, the less skeptical we become of it being good advice. Some examples: going to college, owning a home, icing injuries, stretching, using antiperspirants. There's a long list of things that most people accept as "obviously true or good" that may not be obviously true or good. The broader takeaway is we should be more like the default-curious, kid version of ourselves: "but why, but why, but why!"