Ghosts of our Past
What the underrated Poltergeist tells us about our past and our future. Tying into two excellent books from 2017, and the principle of scientific management.
Tag Films
Sights & Sounds 2018
Here are some films and podcast episodes that I liked in 2018. Sights (Film, TV, etc.) Bladerunner 2049 was a thought provoking movie and a well-deserved sequel to Bladerunner. Love per Square Foot was a cheerful and peppy urban love…
Pricing Hula Hoops
The Hudsucker Proxy is my second favorite Coen brothers movie on rewatchability.1 Within their oeuvre, The Hudsucker Proxy is closest to capturing the humor in American manufacturing/business culture (exceeded only by William H. Macy’s exasperated car salesman role in Fargo).…
How to Watch Star Wars with your kids?
[A deviation from usual Operations Posts]. Star Wars is easily the second biggest cultural export of the United States. (Disney is No 1. So it seems natural that Disney eventually acquired the rights to Star Wars). Parents often want to…