Evan Coopersmith

I wrote a parody of Poe's "The Raven" titled "The Boardroom." In corporate settings, certain buzzwords are repeated almost as often as "Nevermore." Enjoy! --- Once upon a morning dreary, sipping coffee, stressed and bleary, As discussion filled the boardroom of a miserable Q4,

@KellyScaletta I have teeth Not baleen My sea world act’s a scene You know you couldn’t watch me any other way!

This made me laugh so hard.

@FezzikSports “The western coast, it is erodin’ grievance airin’, norms imposin’… ae.studio/parody/eve-of-…

The Eastern world, it is explodin' Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'? And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin' But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend How you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction Don't you understand what I'm trying to say Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today? If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you, boy And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend How you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin' I'm sittin' here just contemplatin' I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintegratin' This whole crazy world is just too frustratin' And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend How you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction And think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama Ah, you may leave here for four days in space But when you return, it's the same old place The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace And you tell me Over and over and over and over again, my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction No no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

@jarrenrocks_ I have always appreciated the word “burninate”

homestar runner

@jarrenrocks_ Alas, too few of us realize that to experience life as poetry rather than prose is the ultimate act of mindfulness.

@Evan_Coop Whitman, though now I have to rewatch Dead Poet’s Society.

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

So here’s the very model of a modern hypothetical: One half believes a premise that the other finds heretical.

@JeroenDeDauw I am flattered you found it insightful - perhaps one must share personal experience to connect with the content?

@Evan_Coop Nice. How did no one retweet that for a year >_>

Talent matters more than we realize. I tried to articulate an argument anyone who hires people knows intuitively, but struggles to sell to their superiors.

To judge an outcome is to presume to know the objective of the decision-maker. Perhaps someone is optimizing for something different than you’d suspect or prefer.

@SumnerLN @ForestNeurotech It is an honor to know you. May your successes be as spectacular as your dreams.

Im so thrilled to share @ForestNeurotech’s supporters: Eric Schmidt, Griffin Catalyst, the philanthropic organization of Citadel CEO Kenneth C. Griffin, the Riley & Susan Bechtel Foundation, and James Fickel. Thank you all for making Forest a reality! businesswire.com/news/home/2024…

@jarrenrocks_ Those who are truly iconic copy no one. And of course, for that reason, no one will ever successfully copy them.

Please everyone stop trying to be the next apple or steve jobs or jonny ives my goodness Just be a great designer in your own right 🥲

Arguably more impressive as an adult, but decidedly more cramped.

What the US spends on education, and what it buys.

Be wary of any argument made by someone unwilling to bleed. The goal should never be to settle arguments, but rather, to partake in arguments if and only if both parties have skin in the game. #footnote-Ctkrm_" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">evancoopersmith.com/posts/IpypWqRL…

I am continually amazed at how easily I can avoid feeling the internal anguish when presented with someone else’s irrationality if I can simultaneously recognize that they would be unwilling to put their money where their mouth is.

The landscape of adult life is littered with hall-monitors. They are the risk-averse naysayers willing to cast doubt on an idea that runs afoul of existing orthodoxy, but not to put their own skin in the game to demonstrate that they believe their own rhetoric. (More to come)

Who wants to live in a world where the same giant companies win the labor of the best and brightest, the best and brightest all attend the same few schools, and the same teams win championships every season? Be Original, I Beg You evancoopersmith.com/posts/IpQaEhyO…

Elite NCAA football programs can offer up to 25 scholarships annually. For basketball, that figure is 3 or 4. In turn, the best HS football players flock to ~10 elite programs (who win the CFP every year). Talent concentration kills innovation in sports and tech. (more to come)

@dcrean @NFL @Giants @nyjets I watched the game with a painful urge to chunder / I turned the TV off and wished I had bet the under / Oh what a farce! Doo-doo, blue is screwed, doo-doo, blue is screwed…

@dcrean @NFL @Giants @nyjets Oh what a farce! Daboll’s nightmare, what an awful fright / drenched in sweat, he lies awake each night / call up Wentz now? What a farce.

Hey @NFL just move the @Giants and @nyjets to Europe please. Football in NYC had a great run but it's over. Very clearly over.