Is There a War Between Southern California and Northern California?

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There's a war between southern california and northern californl what do you mean? Ti, how can there be war s in my sphere of the world, culture, entertainment? There is a war in which northern california, silcon valley and technocracy and tech people, southern californias, holywood record labels, an create it and their logge heads. And i will just say this flatly. Silconvally is winning this war. Bcause they are smarter than the people at allowasThis is why apple controls music. This is why gogo controlstook all the writing business out of tiand socon valley has just destroyed every one

Ted Gioia is a leading music historian and author of 11 books including “The History of Jazz” and “Music: A Subversive History”. He combines his cultural expertise with an extensive business background as a strategy consultant and Stanford MBA.

He also writes an incredibly insightful Substack: https://tedgioia.substack.com/

You can find him on Twitter: @TedGioia

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Ted’s Background
(00:03:16) - Why Culture Is Looking Backwards
(00:09:08) - Financialization Of Entertainment
(00:11:52) - Music And The Lindy Effect
(00:16:12) - How To Foster A Counterculture
(00:20:01) - Why Music Innovation Comes From Outsiders
(00:25:58) - How Music Changes Your Body Chemistry
(00:34:47) - The Downside Of The “Four Chords” Pop Music Formula
(00:40:32) - How To Do Compounding Work
(00:45:55) - How To Pursue A Creative Career
(00:49:40) - Ted’s Thoughts On Rene Girard
(00:55:22) - Rene Girard And Rock Music
(01:02:35) - Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

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