Monthly Archives: March 2022

Remembering David Hodskins

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Doc Searls

A hazard of aging well is outliving friends and other people you love. For example, two of the three in the photo above. It dates from early 1978, when Hodskins Simone & Searls, a new ad agency, was born in … Continue reading →

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An arsonoma

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Doc Searls

While walking past this scene on my way to the subway in New York last week, I saw that a woman was emptying out what hadn’t burned from this former car. Being a curious extrovert, I paused to ask her … Continue reading →

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The frog of war

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Doc Searls

“Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.” — George S. Patton (in the above shot played by George C. Scott in his greatest role.) Is the world … Continue reading →

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Three thoughts about NFTs

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Doc Searls

There’s a thread in a list I’m on titled “NFTs are a Scam.” I know too little about NFTs to do more than dump here three thoughts I shared on the list in response to a post that suggested that owning … Continue reading →

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