The Girl in the Spider Web
Inflammation is the root cause of many of the most prolific mental illnesses
Sugar is evil, especially refined sugar
Eating good fat is excellent for brain health
Leaky gut, and it’s dire consequences
No company should be able to capitalize on your health (ie pharma companies selling medication that only treats the symptoms of health problems, but not the root cause)
Probiotics - key to better digestive health, and thus better mental health
They have a Braintrust - a collective that gives constructive feedback to directors of all movies made by Pixar
Managers of creative companies should be flexible with their goals but hold fast to their intentions.
Balance the need of the Beast (clinging tight to tradition and models that worked) and the Baby (new disruptive ideas that may or may not work
Every company should have a Notes Day
Ed asked Jobs what if I don’t agree with you? Jobs answered along the lines of then I will keep explaining to you over and over again until you do agree with me and see my way. Ironically, this was the way Ed used to get Steve to see his way of doing things
Steve Jobs historic $26 M deal he struck for Pixar with Disney is pure genius "Craft is what we are expected to know; art is the unexpected use of our craft."
Steve was Pixar’s external defender
Steve designed the current Pixar building to breed accidental mingling, which could be catalyst to inspire creativity
Physics - the Three Body Problem - taking the initial masses, velocity, and positions of three bodies and calculating their precise motions (likely impossible to do)