Are Hollywood Movies Getting Boring?

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Hollywood movies have become more boring, at least when it comes to the theatrical box office. Nifli's single biggest mistake may be not spending their equity like a drunken sailor over the past year. Given the whack to the share price of net flicks recently, should we still think they can succeed at gaming? I'm not as concerned about the temporary or even enduring share price compression as the primary problem,. It's that they'are late entrant, and theyre used to being an early entrance.

Fighting fires meant a lot of downtime for Matthew Ball. Stationed at a forward operating base in the woods for two weeks at a time, he spent long hours amongst fellow firefighters with whom he shared little in common except for their love of the outdoors. The skills he gained working towards mutual goals with those he had little else in common with has translated well to his career as a strategist and venture capitalist in the digital media and gaming industries. Ball is a managing partner of EpyllionCo, venture partner at Makers Fund, and author of the anticipated The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything.

Ball joined Tyler to discuss the eventual widespan transition of the population to the metaverse, the exciting implications of this interconnected network of 3D worlds for education, how the metaverse will improve dating and its impacts on sex, the happiness and career satisfaction of professional gamers, his predictions for Tyler’s most frequent uses of the metaverse, his favorite type of entrepreneur, why he has thousands of tabs open on his computer at any given moment, and more.

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Recorded July 6th, 2022 Other ways to connect

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