DISCUSSED: the admirable candor of B.B. King; the simple joys of the Ordinary Night; movies that are or are not dated and how that affects your enjoyment; how sci-fi seemed to mostly miss the internet; our embarrassment of media options; tech in media and what it means for plot stuff; technology adoption curves are definitely speeding up; doing everything you can not to use your phone as a phone; more generational stuff; how time and context changes our perception; should they take all the smoking out of movies and tv?; remember: you're not making errors—you're adding information; and, finally, Dan has an exciting announcement and a wet notebook.

Links for this episode:

• 5by5 | Back to Work #434: Grist for an Unnecessary Mill
• H. P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia
• H. G. Wells - Wikipedia
• "The Office" Chair Model (TV Episode 2008) - IMDb
• Chart: The Rising Speed of Technological Adoption
• Seeing What’s Next | Asymco
• 5by5 | Amplified #157: A Three Year Cold
• Who Are Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z?
• Starman (film) - Wikipedia
• Amazon.com: Starman: Karen Allen, Jeff Bridges, Charles Martin Smith, Ted White, Richard Jaeckel, John Carpenter, Larry J. Franco, Columbia Pictures Corporation: Movies & TV
• 5by5 | Amplified
• Amazon.com : Rite in the Rain Weatherproof Top-Spiral Notebook, 3" x 5", Black Cover, Universal Pattern, 3 Pack (No. 735-3) : Gateway
• "Detective Jigsaw" -MBMBAM Animatic - YouTube
• TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard - YouTube
• Merlin Mann on Twitter: ""Remember, you're not making errors; you're adding information." —Isaac the Gamescape Guy (on figure painting)" / Twitter
• The Boys in the Band (1970) - IMDb

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