Casey Neistat is well known around the internet as being one of the most influential filmmakers of our time, and has been a personal favorite of mine for a couple years now. His stories are honest and genuine, and he doesn’t try to add fluff or unnecessary additions to the films he makes, which makes it even better. Storytellers are most welcome here at Silo Number Seven, and I do hope you enjoy this one.
If you’ve never watched this commencement speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford University in 2005, go ahead and spend the next 15 minutes and watch the video above – it won’t be regretted. The good folks at TED describe it this way:
| At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself.
Because nature. Back in 2006, I read a great novel by Stephen King called “Cell”, in which he delves into the ideas of groupthink – or how people often make decisions based on others when in a group environment. In the book, he touches on starlings, and how they can be seen flying in irrational and dysfunctional patterns in the sky (called murmurations). Ever since then, I’ve always wondered about this natural phenomenon and just how perfectly these swarms move in the sky. Like black clouds, they scatter in wave-like patterns and its incredible and strangely calming to watch something like this in real life.
Looks like these guys know how to go with the flow – amazing. Have a great weekend folks!