Nate Silver

A roll of the dice. A roll of the dice. There are a couple of big problems. One is that we've learned this before, but they have me doing a bunch of management stuff that's not my comparative advantage, to put it kindly. I mean, I'm okay, but it's like exactly the part of my brain I don't want to be using. I need time to just get in the zone and get in a flow state and like write or build models.

A roll of the dice. A roll of the dice. There are a couple of big problems. One is that we've learned this before, but they have me doing a bunch of management stuff that's not my comparative advantage, to put it kindly. I mean, I'm okay, but it's like exactly the part of my brain I don't want to be using. I need time to just get in the zone and get in a flow state and like write or build models.

A roll of the dice. A roll of the dice. There are a couple of big problems. One is that we've learned this before, but they have me doing a bunch of management stuff that's not my comparative advantage, to put it kindly. I mean, I'm okay, but it's like exactly the part of my brain I don't want to be using. I need time to just get in the zone and get in a flow state and like write or build models.

Yeah, no, I don't want to have to respond to some email about this person wants an X percent raise. But the main issue, so I get in there, and John Skipper, who is the head of ESPN at the time, he's like, hey, don't worry about it. We're just going to make great content. I'm giving him a thicker Southern accent.

Yeah, no, I don't want to have to respond to some email about this person wants an X percent raise. But the main issue, so I get in there, and John Skipper, who is the head of ESPN at the time, he's like, hey, don't worry about it. We're just going to make great content. I'm giving him a thicker Southern accent.

Yeah, no, I don't want to have to respond to some email about this person wants an X percent raise. But the main issue, so I get in there, and John Skipper, who is the head of ESPN at the time, he's like, hey, don't worry about it. We're just going to make great content. I'm giving him a thicker Southern accent.

We work in archetypes. You don't have to worry about anything, right?

We work in archetypes. You don't have to worry about anything, right?

We work in archetypes. You don't have to worry about anything, right?

That's actually like a...

That's actually like a...

That's actually like a...

bad thing i like john skipper a lot but he had some personal issues kind of the same thing again somebody new takes over and they don't have this mandate and all of a sudden he's like well we have the tv business and theme parks that's robust unless there's a global pandemic or something like that right yeah yeah yeah like all their businesses like begin to hit headwinds and we were set up as literally as like kind of a loss leader it's not even that big a line item on disney's budget but they're like it's not really worth it if we're losing five million instead of making five million who cares

bad thing i like john skipper a lot but he had some personal issues kind of the same thing again somebody new takes over and they don't have this mandate and all of a sudden he's like well we have the tv business and theme parks that's robust unless there's a global pandemic or something like that right yeah yeah yeah like all their businesses like begin to hit headwinds and we were set up as literally as like kind of a loss leader it's not even that big a line item on disney's budget but they're like it's not really worth it if we're losing five million instead of making five million who cares

bad thing i like john skipper a lot but he had some personal issues kind of the same thing again somebody new takes over and they don't have this mandate and all of a sudden he's like well we have the tv business and theme parks that's robust unless there's a global pandemic or something like that right yeah yeah yeah like all their businesses like begin to hit headwinds and we were set up as literally as like kind of a loss leader it's not even that big a line item on disney's budget but they're like it's not really worth it if we're losing five million instead of making five million who cares

But then when you're under financial pressure, like that is not going to hold up very well. So we're kind of in a point of stasis where there's no business model. When you don't have a business model, then it's hard to do anything. Really, I'm not sure what you're optimizing for exactly. And then there's also the issue of if you're creative, then everyone wants to have this brand expansion.

But then when you're under financial pressure, like that is not going to hold up very well. So we're kind of in a point of stasis where there's no business model. When you don't have a business model, then it's hard to do anything. Really, I'm not sure what you're optimizing for exactly. And then there's also the issue of if you're creative, then everyone wants to have this brand expansion.

But then when you're under financial pressure, like that is not going to hold up very well. So we're kind of in a point of stasis where there's no business model. When you don't have a business model, then it's hard to do anything. Really, I'm not sure what you're optimizing for exactly. And then there's also the issue of if you're creative, then everyone wants to have this brand expansion.

But you're the major creative force can only expand so much. People want you ultimately, right?

But you're the major creative force can only expand so much. People want you ultimately, right?