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‘Attaboy, Ryan! x.com/nysphsaa/statu…

Must read- great intro to a broad array of topics. x.com/stevelevine/st…

I found the line “I’m broketose intolerant” way funnier than probably should. I Have Post-Brokeness Stress Disorder via The New York Times nyti.ms/2JuQvnX?smid=n…

“Income is an outcome.” —Jim Marous 💯

WSJ: "Between 2013 and 2017, the number of streaming-only households in the U.S. tripled. Today nearly 200 million HHs use a subscription streaming service at least once a month." US Census Bureau: "There were 126.2 million HHs in the US in 2017."

Mike is one of the sharpest, kindest, execs I’ve met. x.com/amerbanker/sta…

Help my colleague Nathan Sturgill out with some examples? x.com/nsturgill/stat…

Interesting piece that highlights Mike's commentary about the dangers of limiting digital advice to one distribution channel or client segment. lnkd.in/d7mCt8z lnkd.in/deR7SkJ

"It's cool to get on the computer; don't let the computer get on you. It's cool to *use* the computer; just don't let the computer use you. Y'all saw The Matrix. There's a war going on - the battlefield is the mind, and the prize is the soul. So... be careful. Be very careful."

My swan song for American Banker: the case for building fintech companies across America americanbanker.com/news/fintechs-…

THE single worst idea I hear from banks is that being a fast-follower is a good idea. And I hadn’t even considered one of Ron’s points below. Must read.

“Blockchain brings together all the things we don’t understand about technology with all the things we don’t understand about finance.” -Chris Skinner

Terrific

Liked the original, like the response.

Great. rands is always so good, and here he is more helpful than even his usual.

Jim provides excellent food for thought here. The biggest threat to most banks, especially most community banks, is internal. lnkd.in/dwkdFJm

Eliza Blue channelled the music of the wildflowers when she posed for this photo recreation of Harvey Dunn's "The Prairie is My Garden." southdakotamagazine.com/inspired-by-a-…

I love reading specific and honest descriptions of how people do what they do. lrb.co.uk/v40/n20/nico-m…

“How could I insulate whatever … I might build from my own greed and hubris?” is a question I’ve never heard and is (so very) worth thinking about.