The World Motivation
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.
“Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.”
— Bill James · Brands
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.
I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.
The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.
Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.
Brands are faced with the daily challenge of massively scaling their outreach in order to build personal relationships. While this may seem like a contradiction in terms, it becomes much more possible when brands shift from push to pull dynamics in their marketing.
A lot of brands are saying they're going to make 'gender neutral' clothing. But clothing is gender neutral.
Styling is such a small part of what I do. I have, like, 10 jobs. People don't know that I work so much on the back end of things. They think I'm just dressing people. My business is with brands.
A few brands have asked me to design shorts for them. I'm not sure about that. I don't want to have them as a mass product, and suddenly everybody is walking around in them.