Morfternight #54: Research informs, Vision drives.
Hello! I am Paolo Belcastro. You are reading this because you subscribed to Morfternight, the weekly newsletter about leadership, product management, distributed teams, and anything that tickles our brains. Morfternight #54: Research informs, Vision drives.The one where we also learn about Sonatas.
🤩 Welcome to the five new Morfternighters who joined us last week. 📷 Photo of the weekWalk - More Photos👋 Greetings from Austria!Today Austrians elect their President. Alexander Van der Bellen, the incumbent, is a strong favorite in what could be a breath of fresh air after years of painful elections worldwide. It’s not such a big deal per se. Austria is small, and the President here doesn’t have extensive powers. Nevertheless, considering that, six years ago, the election was too close to call, to the point it had to be redone a few months later, and that the opponent back then was from the far-right party, I’ll take the win, as small as it is, of reason and stability over populism and fearmongering. 🗺️ Three places to visit today
🎶 Leonard Bernstein’s Music LessonsA few days ago, I randomly discovered, in TikTok of all places, that about 60 years ago, Leonard Bernstein gave music lessons to young people in the form of live concerts. The lesson I stumbled upon was this one, explaining what a Sonata is. As I looked for it on YouTube to share it here with y’all, I had the pleasant surprising realization that it was, in fact, only one of 53 episodes that cover all aspects of music. You can access the complete list of lessons if you watch the video above or by clicking directly on this link. You might remember, if you were already a Morfternighter back then, that I shared the recording of a few short physics lessons by Richard Feynman a few months ago. I find the rhythm and tone of these old recordings delightful to follow compared to the incredibly fast-paced delivery of modern videos. Of course, that only applies to areas where our knowledge hasn’t evolved much in the past few decades, but I think that both fundamental physics and classical music qualify. That's it for today!I write, and publish photos on paolo.blog If you know someone who could enjoy Morfternight, share it with them! 🤩 Cheers! |
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