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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 30/11/2024

Here's a great ONE-minute video of Picasso drawing a face: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tK3... He said, "It took me 4 years to learn to paint like Raphael, and a lifetime to learn how to paint like a child.."

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Watch Picasso Draw a Face (4K)

YouTube video by Star Arts

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 30/11/2024

YouTube recommended this short video of Both Sides Now from the movie Coda, and I practically cried watching it it was so beautiful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJAp... The way she signs this is so emotionally awesome!

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Emilia Jones - Both Sides Now (song from start to finish)

YouTube video by Schaefer Aerial Drone Photography

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 30/11/2024

I joined BlueSky almost when it was founded & I loved the liveliness, but it was thin, and I hadn't been here in a while & then this morning, I saw the COO on TV, talking about the growth, so I thought I would come back and give it a try, and wow, has it grown! What's the best way to find people?

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 30/11/2024

I hope this company can make a positive impact on making this new future of Generative AI more fair.

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 14/05/2023

What's the best way to find great people to follow? Is there a way to find people you know - either from contacts, or people you follow on other platforms - here?

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 14/05/2023

If only there were a good/safe/fair way to accentuate the former (below) and downplay the latter. Maybe there is. But the platforms (to day) have done the opposite because it's good for "page-views" / engagement / advertising. It's so sad to see how in a decade Twitter went from good to evil.

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 14/05/2023

Even more than the record-breaking sales of the iPhone, it's amazing how it changed the habits of the planet. I remember first seeing people scrolling/pinching/zooming mindlessly with surprise, but then in a few years that became normal life for billions of people as that was built into everything!

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 14/05/2023

I am late to the game, but I JUST read about Yunchan Lim, the young (18-year old) South Korean Pianist who won the Cliburn competition last year, and debuted in NY this weekend. He has many great performances but look at ths towering, winning one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPJL488cfRw

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Bill Gross @billgross.com · 14/05/2023

Navigating around BlueSky for the first time reminds me of more than a decade ago when I did the same thing with Twitter for the first time. I was so naive about the danger that was to come from Twitter and Facebook with disinformation and hate. I don't feel that here now, but can this sustain?

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