Episode 449: Tom Hardy Blindness

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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DISCUSSED: coincident birthdays; mathowie's gigantism and very online Ex Machina house; extensive actor and media talk; you probably hadn't heard, but, The Revenant was very difficult to make; Apple TV+ is getting…not great notices; success is a great deodorant, but could iPhone : 2010s Apple :: Windows : 1990s Microsoft?; hardware follow-up on Merlin's new modem and UPS setup; the value of always showing hustle, and why you should always run out first base; Dan's in a jam-up with his internet provider over a seemingly unnecessary piece of harware; further hardware follow-up from Merlin on spreading his wings with his Synology; Dan has a new keyboard he loves; praise for several Logitech products; and, finally, why Merlin just can't quit his MX Master Mouse.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:02.0	Hey, Merlin.
0:03.0	Hi, hi, Dan. I'm still getting situated here.
0:05.5	Get it, get it, I'll set up. Get set up.
0:07.5	We got odds, we got sods, and I'm trying to get organized.
0:10.8	Take your time.
0:12.0	I don't want you to feel rushed.
0:13.5	I don't want you to feel any pressure coming from this end of the line.
0:17.5	Oh my God, thank you. I don't feel anything anymore.
0:19.5	Just like a ghost floating through the days, wondering when it will end.
0:25.5	Yeah, that's me.
0:29.5	Just alive until your daughter is fully able to stand on her own two feet, and then you can just fade away into the end.
0:37.0	For a client or in the corner.
0:39.5	Well, I don't know if I'll be able to afford that.
0:41.5	But yeah, I mean, really, at a certain point, life just starts happening to you.
0:47.0	You're just there for it. You just try to be present.
0:50.0	Well, I just, you know, that started a while back.
0:53.0	And at least some of the time, I would realize what was happening.
0:57.5	But now I just, I find something has happened.
0:59.5	Like I go, oh, oh, I guess I fell asleep.
1:02.5	All right, I guess I need to move my bowels.
1:05.5	I'm going to go through that or after sleep.
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