Dan Heath

We've got to ask ourselves, what is the effect of cutting this thing within the park's budget, and are we paying attention to the side consequences?

We've got to ask ourselves, what is the effect of cutting this thing within the park's budget, and are we paying attention to the side consequences?

We've got to ask ourselves, what is the effect of cutting this thing within the park's budget, and are we paying attention to the side consequences?

It's like no one wants to hear the story of the rich, well-connected guys who meet up at the Marriott conference room to hatch a business plan. There's no romance in that.

It's like no one wants to hear the story of the rich, well-connected guys who meet up at the Marriott conference room to hatch a business plan. There's no romance in that.

Now, that is, at a minimum, an exaggerated tale. In fact, there's a third founder of YouTube who claims the dinner party never happened. And Steve Chin later admitted in Time magazine that the dinner party was embellished to provide a better founding myth.

Now, that is, at a minimum, an exaggerated tale. In fact, there's a third founder of YouTube who claims the dinner party never happened. And Steve Chin later admitted in Time magazine that the dinner party was embellished to provide a better founding myth.

And I do want to say that while it feels like a little bit of a letdown to realize that this dinner party story is not the whole truth, I feel like it's a little bit unfair for us to expect more of them than the creation of YouTube. I mean, here's this incredible site, and in some sense, that's not enough for us. We want YouTube to have emerged from some kind of everyday experience.

And I do want to say that while it feels like a little bit of a letdown to realize that this dinner party story is not the whole truth, I feel like it's a little bit unfair for us to expect more of them than the creation of YouTube. I mean, here's this incredible site, and in some sense, that's not enough for us. We want YouTube to have emerged from some kind of everyday experience.

It's not enough to have the value of their work. We also want there to be a really compelling story that started it.

It's not enough to have the value of their work. We also want there to be a really compelling story that started it.

Well, Christopher Columbus, as we all know, wanted to prove that he could reach India by sailing west. But no one believed his crazy theory that the earth was round. And in fact, his own sailors en route were terrified that they were about to fall over the edge of the earth. And they almost mutinied.

Well, Christopher Columbus, as we all know, wanted to prove that he could reach India by sailing west. But no one believed his crazy theory that the earth was round. And in fact, his own sailors en route were terrified that they were about to fall over the edge of the earth. And they almost mutinied.

So there's a guy named James Lowen, a professor at University of Vermont, who has pointed out that virtually every element of the story is false. That in fact, we still don't really know where Christopher Columbus was going. There's a lot of disagreement among historians and even Columbus's best known biographer isn't totally sure where he was headed.

So there's a guy named James Lowen, a professor at University of Vermont, who has pointed out that virtually every element of the story is false. That in fact, we still don't really know where Christopher Columbus was going. There's a lot of disagreement among historians and even Columbus's best known biographer isn't totally sure where he was headed.

And furthermore, there was no element of is the earth round or flat here. Most people at that time already knew that the earth was round. The evidence was there for them to see. They noticed that if another ship is receding into the horizon, their hull disappears first and then the mast later, which implies that there's some kind of curvature in play. And again, you know...

And furthermore, there was no element of is the earth round or flat here. Most people at that time already knew that the earth was round. The evidence was there for them to see. They noticed that if another ship is receding into the horizon, their hull disappears first and then the mast later, which implies that there's some kind of curvature in play. And again, you know...

Here's a guy who crossed an ocean and became one of the first Europeans to set foot on a new continent, and yet we want more from this guy. We want him to be having hand-to-hand combat with his crew en route. We just crave the drama. We crave the obstacles.

Here's a guy who crossed an ocean and became one of the first Europeans to set foot on a new continent, and yet we want more from this guy. We want him to be having hand-to-hand combat with his crew en route. We just crave the drama. We crave the obstacles.

Looks good. By the way, it has Julian Tonig's fingerprints all over it.