Friday's Too Good Not to Share: 5.20.22
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Every Friday(ish), I share other great content (with some added context) to dive into over the weekend. These could be articles, podcasts, videos, Twitter threads, or other great newsletters.
In short, these are the most interesting of the interesting stuff I've come across.
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The One-Page Guide to Flying Private-ish
In recent years, a handful of new companies have launched with “semi-private flights.” Each airline has its own slate of services and destinations, but all allow you to bypass the airport (you’ll go through a private jet terminal instead), and many cost little more than a business-class ticket. To understand the differences between each service, we spoke to passengers, flight attendants, and pilots.
I've decided this is something I'm going to treat myself to in the near future. Why? Because, why not? This won't ever be my regular mode of travel, but might as well get this experience once in my lifetime.
Read more about how you can fly (in what feels like) private here.
Kendrick Lamar is ready to talk. Is he ready to listen?
One of the better reviews of Kendrick Lamar's new album, "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers."
I love the album personally but can also see why some don't love everything about it. I look at the album for what it is: art.
Art is neither good nor bad. It's a mirror that makes you think about you. Kendricks album is a release, both of trying to please you and trying to please himself. He just wanted to create, show how he's grown, and give you his rationale on coping. He hopes you do the same.
No one does isolation like Kendrick Lamar. More and more in his career, he has shrouded himself in mystery, emerging for the occasional one-off appearance and then vanishing again. As the years following his 2017 Pulitzer-winner, DAMN., came and went without a new album or even a consistent social media presence to speak of, that mystery grew mythic. He wasn't a rapper any longer, he was some thing — folk tale, hero, beacon for Black America. Even as listeners trapped indoors by a pandemic first began to reemerge, welcomed back to the world by vaccines and milder weather, Lamar seemed content to stay home, reveling in the seclusion. As he proclaims on "Purple Hearts," a cut from the fabled follow-up album that's finally arrived, "Whole life been social distant."
Read more here.
Die With Zero by Bill Perkins (Book Summary)
I came across Bill Perkins due to his recent purchase of the art piece "Sugar Shack" by Ernie Barnes.
It lead me to read his book Die With Zero where he advocates for living life to maximize your experiences. It's worth understanding his principles via this 4 min YouTube video.
Here's the big takeaway - some of the things you want to do in life can only be enjoyed while you are still at an active age and relatively healthy (e.g. most people aren't playing tackle football in their 50s for fun).
That's the premise of Dying With Zero. Use your funds to maximize your experiences and take big risks (with limited downside) early.
Watch the video to learn more and pick the up the book if interested.
Leave today better than yesterday ✌️.