John Fishback

“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.

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

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-…

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

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

Liked the original, like the response.

Terrific

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

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.

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

"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."

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

Help my colleague @nsturgill out with some examples? twitter.com/nsturgill/stat…

@Ingebretsenphd You taught it to me in 1994. I read my mom’s copy for class, which meant a lot more to me once I’d read it.

In 1986 I taught this work of fiction at Georgetown u. First episode of the contemporary show, a child is removed from mixed-race parents at the border....

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

@kaitlinmaud @bud_caddell @WorkNOBL I think I’m lining up with @katlinmaud. Even teams that work together well, but are distant from the goals and norms of the larger org, can cause themselves problems over time.

@zachperret One easily above all others: The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner.

What's your favorite book on economic history?

@rshevlin Is it you? I’ll bet it’s you.

Guess who holds the most #blockchain patents? crnrstone.com/insightvault/2…

@rshevlin So, that’s a really interesting point. Of course you’re right that it’s huge, in terms of number of customers and reach. But it’s also dwarfed by current players- and the bank marketplace is now being shaped by that size imbalance. Would love to hear more from you on this.

Apparently, the WSJ thinks a $1.65 billion (assets) bank is "tiny." wsj.com/articles/the-b…

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."