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Marc Randolph on Building Netflix, Battling Blockbuster, Negotiating with Amazon/Bezos, and Scraping the Barnacles Off the Hull (#496)
Posted on February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Marc Randolph on Building Netflix, Battling Blockbuster, Negotiating with Amazon/Bezos, and Scraping the Barnacles Off the Hull (#496)

Interview with Marc Randolph on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast.

Why Not Hug Strangers? – A Video Experiment
Posted on May 18, 2014January 16, 2020

Why Not Hug Strangers? – A Video Experiment

  What happens when you hug strangers? Andrew Hales of LAHWF wanted me to find out. The above video took place in Dolores Park in San Francisco last Thursday, around 5:30pm. All people hugged are complete strangers. Andrew challenged me to make the awkward even more awkward: Could I score a hug by simply standing like a zombie …

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