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I despise giving an endorsement to anything Dolan is associated with and can profit from as he is an awful and genuinely petty human, but the Sphere is a technology worth seeing.

I wasn't super impressed with the sphere's screen when I went in there with the thing turned off and saw the very steep stairs to the seats. It initially looked like a bigger movie screen.

But once it's on, with the right shot, it completely envelops your field of view and is quite mesmerizing. I'd love to see some action movies specifically shot for that screen. The way that it wraps around you and can potentially show you a full field of view in front of you and to the sides would be quite exciting for a chase or combat sequence for a movie.

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I personally don’t understand how to have a phantom like vendetta because of a person’s behavior, following them around with negativity their whole career.

Like, they made something awesome and need to monetize it. Focus on the awesome thing. The entity is going to pay those involved and they might sell shares for a higher price, thats how our system works. Suddenly caring only because you dont like 1 of those stakeholders? I don’t understand that.

I’m a fan of organizations becoming disconnect and unbeholden to public opinion. Some people try to become judgement proof - uncollectable funds after losing a civil suit - I’m a fan of cancel proof. Companies that dont have to change anything based on a stakeholder’s behavior.

1) I'm not cancelling the Sphere. I'm just telling you I don't like Dolan but still like the Sphere and think it's worth seeing. That point of view is pretty close to the opposite of cancelling somebody.

2) As far as criticizing people, maybe a reasonable rule of thumb is that if you're either in public office or wealthy enough to have "fuck you money", you're a reasonable target of receiving public comments on your behavior?

I understood your comment as you describe it

Regarding point 2, I still cant be compelled to care. I mean, in the context of an individual sure, but your context is the business with this leading disclaimer about the individual.

Companies already are cancel-proof, unless they're dumb enough to alienate their biggest customers. Then they cancel themselves.

The "toxic personality" stuff really does need to die though. Elon Musk is not invited to my birthday party, but I can respect what his companies have done. These parasocial vendettas are on par with cult disfellowshipping behavior. Unless the product is an asshole too, who gives a shit?

Linus, the asshole, brought Linux to fruition. Gentle parenting and oversensitivity only brings us more assholes.

"Linus, the asshole, brought Linux to fruition." -- This made me literally laugh out loud.

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