We Love the Internet 2023/29: The How to do great work edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Meet the AI human-like robots that can do our jobs
• Gen Z may finally figure out what the office is good for: Eavesdropping and snooping on coworkers to get ahead
• A.I. and TV Ads Were Made for Each Other
• Disney’s Harsh New Reality: Costly Film Flops, Creative Struggles and a Shrinking Global Box Office

Reference points:

• Peak TV Has Peaked: From Exhausted Talent to Massive Losses, the Writers Strike Magnifies an Industry in Freefall
• Revisiting the Long Boom
• What Is the Best Day Ever in Hollywood History?

Longer reads:

• How to do great work

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Johnny Cash sings “Barbie Girl”
• We Asked 100 People to Scream as Loud as They Can
• Architect Breaks Down Why All American Diners Look Like That

Things to look at/read:

• “VC qanon” and the radicalization of the tech tycoons
• How Much Should a Sandwich Cost?
• Rethinking “weekend plans”
• As Shein’s controversies grow, its Gen Z consumer base shrinks: report
• The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time
• Mini Crock-Pots and meal prep: How flight attendants eat on a plane

Animal corner:

• Becky must be hiiiiiiiiigh, as a kite again
• ‘Cuddle cows’ added to bucket list

Tweets of the week:

• got home last night to my sweet, thoughtful boyfriend surprising me with a fresh batch of brownies. ate a few then left them in the kitchen for an hour and came back to this
• ok, bagels
• This is not an email I ever expected to receive or send.
• Most insane community note
• #Barbie
• i know a retired mob boss when i see one
• obsessed with this subreddit where people complain about recipes because of their own substitutions

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Doll Mommies Are Fighting
• Beyond Gelato: A guide to London ice cream
• The romance scammer on my sofa
• ‘Stakeout Diary’: A killer on the run, two postwar gumshoes — noir at its finest
• Dream of Antonoffication
• A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?

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