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How to Beat the Odds - by Jasmine Sun and jessica dai

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Reboot turns four years old today, which both feels like forever and no time at all. For this anniversary, I wanted to take you behind the scenes of what it takes to produce a print magazine—something that feels especially improbable in this day and age.1 There are two components. First, a videotaped conversation between Jessica and myself (click to watch, or listen via Spotify or Apple Podcasts), and second, a painfully earnest essay I wrote the day after Reboot Community Day, the launch-party-cum-symposium we threw in San Francisco. We reflect on the role of luck vs. the role of effort; the eroticism of Google Doc comments; what differentiates Reboot’s editorial approach; and why values-aligned communities matter. By Jasmine Sun I am always terrified that no one will come. Perhaps it’ll be seventy-five and sunny and people would rather spend the day drinking in the park. Perhaps everybody’s grandmother will fall sick at once. Perhaps a few will come, but only in the last twenty minut

Playback speed × Share post Share post at current time Share from 0:00 0:00 / Transcript 49 6 14 How to Beat the Odds Reflecting on Reboot's fourth birthday Jasmine Sun and jessica dai Apr 08, 2024 49 6 14 Share Transcript Reboot turns four years old today , which both feels like forever and no time at all. For this anniversary, I wanted to take you behind the scenes of what it takes to produce a print magazine—something that feels especially improbable in this day and age. 1 There are two components. First, a videotaped conversation between Jessica and myself (click to watch, or listen via Sp

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