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Let me put you on to another great writer you should know about: Sammy Friedman.
She just wrote an article in Flawless Magazine on the many silent acts of identity theft we all make. Highly suggest you read it.
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News
New York Magazine wrote a scandalous expose on Andrew Huberman. The Stanford professor, nutritional scientist, and popular podcaster espouses his views on dopamine optimization, sunlight exposure, fasting, and alcohol consumption to millions of passionate listeners. However, allegedly Huberman’s beliefs in self-control exclude one sordid vice: his love of dating multiple women at once. Huberman apparently was coordinating dates, messages, and various levels of relationships with 6+ women at the same time. Pretty incredible scheduling on display there. Not sure if this is story will have any impact on the Huberman brand, but it does add a layer of complexity and nuance to his brand. But if we really think all of our favorite media personalities are perfect people… I’ve bad news for you.
Acne Studios is launching a collaborative candle with Frédéric Malle. No word on the scent notes yet but looking forward to trying this one. Apparently diehard Malle fans were not aware of Acne Studios and thought they were launching a candle based on facial blemishes?
WeWork’s founder Adam Neumann has offered to purchase back the company for $500M. The ousted CEO has submitted an unsolicited offer to take back the failing coworking business out of bankruptcy and private. Not sure how this will pan out, but there is some beauty in bankruptcy: it allows the company to renegotiate or break bloated leases that were losing the company millions. So maybe they trim the fat and make this work? I haven’t been to FreeWork since they started locking the doors, another measure to get people to actually pay to work there. Now I just go loiter in hotels.
Supreme and Maison Margiela’s MM6 are releasing a collaboration. The two popular fashion brands have long been rumored to release a capsule collection and now its official. The main takeaway here is MM6 bringing their deconstructed and meta aesthetic to Supreme’s garments. The collection features a jacket separated into several different panels, a box logo tee printed on a box logo tee, the several distressed garments.
OpenAI is hiring a social media lead. The world’s foremost AI company valued at over $80B is looking to amp up their organic social presence. If you’re looking for equity in what will most-likely be the dominant player in the greatest technological leap of the millenia, move fast! Its going to be competitive.
Who Do You Know? is a daily newsletter covering marketing, business, branding, products, design, founders, and culture.
Its written by Jake Bell, a content marketing and brand strategist in NYC.
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