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Gratitude isn’t obviously a concept capable of generating such perplexities. But it has hidden depths. Manela is among the philosophers who believe that the single word “gratitude” actually refers to two ideas, which may or may not be related. The first is “prepositional” gratitude—gratitude to someone for something. You might be grateful to a lifeguard for saving you from drowning, for instance, or to your friend for watching your dog while you’re away. The second is “propositional” gratitude—a more general gratitude for the fact that things are the way they are. Perhaps you’re grateful for the weather on your wedding day, or grateful to be alive after a cancer scare. When you arrive at your Airbnb to find a decorative sign that says “gratitude,” the sign is probably invoking the second type of gratitude. You’re not being reminded to be grateful to the owner of the Airbnb for bestowing upon you the boon of a tidy apartment; you’re being told to be grateful for a wondrous world filled with Airbnbs. —"Why is gratitude so difficult?" from the New Yorker

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Seres episódicos

En el poema "The Rainbow", el poeta romántico inglés William Wordsworth escribió que "el Niño es el Padre del Hombre".... ¡Que idea tan bella y tan cierta!

Algunas personas aún tenemos algunos recuerdos de cuando éramos niños o incluso bebés. Habemos quienes recordamos perfectamente algunos aspectos de nuestro "yo" de 4 años, alguna sensación, algún momento, algún objeto o algún lugar… Pero la verdad es que la mayoría de las personas conforme crecemos nos vamos olvidando, en mayor o menor medida, de quienes fuimos de jóvenes, de niños y por supuesto de bebés… al grado de que la mayoría de las personas muchas veces ya ni siquiera se identifican con esas otras versiones de sí mismos en otra edad y en otro momento de su vida. ¿Es eso malo o bueno? En este atrapante artículo del escritor, columnista e investigador en psicología Joshua Rothman para la revista The New Yorker (alguien que sin duda deberían seguir), se habla mucho al respecto de lo que es ese cambio, que de una u otra manera, es prácticamente inevitable. Al menos mientras nos movemos a través de eso que llamamos vida.

Y lo hace de forma muy bella, pues se planeta como esa tendencia al cambio, condición presente durante toda nuestra existencia, nos obliga casi siempre a ser personas "discontinuas", al menos en nuestra forma de recordarnos a nosotros mismos. Este autor plantea que, según el tipo de vida de cada uno de nosotros tiene (con más o menos cambios en ella y con más o menos aceptación a ello), algunos somos "continuadores", y otros "divisores". Los continuadores, como su nombre lo sugiere, son los que quieren dar cierta continuidad a lo que fueron, a lo que recuerdan que fueron o a lo que piensan que recuerdan que fueron, intentando con esto trazar una especie de línea congruente que expliqué la evolución de su persona, de donde vienen y a dónde van, cual si fuera una narración. Lo divisores, por el contrario, quieren desconectarse de su pasado; agobiados por quienes solían ser o enjaulados por quienes eran, desean vidas multifacéticas.

El filósofo Galen Strawson cree que algunas personas son simplemente más "episódicas" que otras; se conforman con vivir el día a día, sin importar el arco argumental más amplio. "Estoy en algún lugar hacia el extremo episódico de este espectro", escribe Strawson en un ensayo titulado "El sentido del yo ".

Lo que Rothman intenta plantear en todo esto es que aún cuando parece que hemos olvidado alguna de las cosas que determinaron quiénes somos y cómo nos "formaron" en algún momento más cercano o lejano del pasado, esos eventos aún inconscientes fueron sin duda en su momento determinantes para entender a las personas que hoy somos. En la década de 1970, mientras trabajaba en la Universidad de Otago, en Nueva Zelanda, un psicólogo llamado Phil Silva ayudó a lanzar un estudio con mil treinta y siete niños; los sujetos, todos los cuales vivían en o alrededor de la ciudad de Dunedin, fueron estudiados a la edad de tres, y de nuevo a los cinco, siete, nueve, once, trece, quince, dieciocho, veintiuno, veintiséis, treinta y dos, treinta y ocho y cuarenta y cinco años, por investigadores que a menudo entrevistaban no solo a los sujetos, sino también a sus familiares y amigos, calificándolos en veintidós aspectos de personalidad: inquietud, impulsividad, obstinación, atención, amabilidad, comunicatividad, etc. En 2020, cuatro psicólogos asociados con este estudio de Dunedin, resumieron lo que se ha aprendido hasta ahora en un libro llamado "The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life", donde categorizaron las diferentes personalidades de estos niños y de sus consecuentes personalidades adultas en un rango que los ubicaba entre "bien adaptados", y "seguros", hasta "reservados", "inhibidos" y hasta "poco controlados".

A los dieciocho años, ciertos patrones eran visibles. Aunque los niños seguros, reservados y bien adaptados seguían siendo así, esas categorías eran menos definidas. En contraste, los niños que habían sido categorizados como inhibidos o incontrolados se habían mantenido más fieles a sí mismos. A los dieciocho años, los niños que una vez fueron inhibidos se mantuvieron un poco apartados y fueron "significativamente menos enérgicos y decisivos que todos los demás niños". Los niños incontrolados, por su parte, "se describieron a sí mismos como buscadores de peligro e impulsivos", y eran "los menos propensos de todos los adultos jóvenes a evitar situaciones dañinas, emocionantes y peligrosas o a comportarse de manera reflexiva, cautelosa, cuidadosa o planificada". Los adolescentes de este último grupo tendían a enojarse con más frecuencia y a verse a sí mismos "como maltratados y victimizados". Los investigadores vieron la oportunidad de simplificar sus categorías. Agruparon al gran grupo de adolescentes que no parecían seguir un camino definido. Luego se centraron en dos grupos más pequeños que destacaban. Un grupo se "alejaba del mundo", adoptando un estilo de vida que, si bien podía ser perfectamente gratificante, también era discreto y circunspecto. Y otro grupo, de tamaño similar, se "movía contracorriente". En años posteriores, los investigadores descubrieron que las personas de este último grupo eran más propensas a ser despedidas de sus trabajos, a tener problemas con el juego, e incluso a mostrar persistencia del TDAH desde la niñez hasta la adultez. A través de este autodesarrollo, escriben los autores, forjamos vidas que nos asemejan o nos distancian cada vez más a nosotros (según lo positiva o negativa que sea la idea que tenemos de nosotros mismos).  Pero se reconoce que podemos tener varias personalidades, lo que es como decir que podemos tener varias percepciones de nosotros mismos. Además, también pueden existir cientos de factores externos y presentes que influyen en nuestra personalidad día a día.

Stuart Mill escribió una vez que un joven es como “un árbol que necesita crecer y desarrollarse hacia todos lados, según la tendencia de las fuerzas internas que lo hacen un ser vivo”. La imagen sugiere una expansión generalizada y una elevación, que inevitablemente se verá afectada por el suelo y el clima, y que podría verse favorecida por una pequeña poda juiciosa aquí y allá. Los autores de “The Origins of You” ofrecen una metáfora más caótica. Los seres humanos, sugieren, son como sistemas de tormentas. Cada tormenta individual tiene su propio conjunto particular de rasgos y dinámicas; Esas tormentas son moldeadas por el mundo y por otras tormentas, y solo un sistema meteorológico egocéntrico cree en su individualidad absoluta e inmutable.

Muchos estudios sobre el desarrollo de la personalidad son de naturaleza "retrospectiva": los investigadores parten de cómo se encuentran las personas ahora y luego analizan el pasado para descubrir cómo llegaron a esa situación. Sin embargo, muchos aspectos dificultan estos esfuerzos. Existe la falibilidad de la memoria: las personas a menudo tienen dificultades para recordar incluso datos b��sicos sobre lo que vivieron décadas atrás. Lo que nos pasó y nos formó en la infancia sin duda es lo que también termina por moldear nuestra personalidad y temperamento presentes, dictando con esto muchísimos aspectos sobre nosotros que influirán en los más diversas facetas de nuestra vida: trabajo vida social relaciones, paternidad, etc.

El estudio de Dunedin nos dice mucho sobre la importancia de las diferencias entre niños a lo largo del tiempo. Pero ¿cuánto puede revelar este tipo de trabajo sobre la cuestión más profunda y personal de nuestra propia continuidad o variabilidad? Eso depende de lo que entendamos cuando nos preguntamos quiénes somos. Al fin y al cabo, somos más que nuestras disposiciones. Todos encajamos en diversas categorías, pero estas no abarcan plenamente nuestras identidades. No siempre somos realmente tal y como nos describimos (lo subjetivo difícilmente es objetivo), ni todo lo que fuimos debe quedar en un determinismo insuperable. Incluso si gran parte de la historia ya está escrita, siempre es posible reescribirla. Como bien se sabe, nuestras acciones nos describen mejor que nuestras palabras. Podemos sentirnos discontinuos por dentro, pero ser continuos por fuera, y viceversa.

Que percibamos estancamiento o segmentación es casi una cuestión ideológica. Ser cambiante es ser impredecible y libre. Es no solo ser el protagonista de la historia de tu vida, sino el autor de su trama. En algunos casos, significa aceptar un drama de vulnerabilidad, decisión y transformación; también puede implicar negarse a aceptar la finitud, que conforme se madura entendemos que es la otra cara de la individualidad.

El paso del tiempo casi exige que contemos algún tipo de historia: hay ciertas maneras en las que no podemos evitar cambiar a lo largo de la vida, y debemos responder a ellas. Decir que eres la misma persona hoy que hace décadas es absurdo… Pero curiosamente (y esto lo agrego yo), decir que NO lo eres, también parece que es igual de absurdo.

Me pareció bastante interesante la nota, el libro y los datos en que se basa. No creo si "The Origins of You" acaba siendo solo una especie de tratado de auto-conocimiento (de lo que hay bastantes obras en todas las secciones e auto-superación de librerías comerciales). Creo que deriva en un estudio más formal y hasta científico -aunque sea a nivel cualitativo- de cómo se desarrolla la psique humana a través del tiempo y con todas las particularidades y -sobre todo- las generalidades que esto puede arrojar… como un tipo intento de "ontología científica del desarrollo humano", que sin duda nos resultaría útil en estos días en que nuestras sociedades parecen no tener muy claro hacia dónde van por no tener tampoco demasiado claro el poder siquiera explicar qué son, quiénes somos, o por qué somos como somos. Parece que actualmente, nuestra especie tiene mucho más claro cómo destruirnos que cómo construirnos. Quizá los conocimientos obtenidos en trabajos como este ayuden a igualar aunque sea un poquito más esa balanza existencial, ¿no?

No lo sé, ya lo leeremos cuando haya oportunidad. Ojalá publiquen luego alguna versión en español, por lo que leo en las reseñas, el texto es algo complejo.

Como sea, gracias Joshua , ) (por compartir tan buenas ideas, obras y reflexiones) https://rebrand.ly/8153ce

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Books On Books Collection - J. J. Abrams & Doug Dorst

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May 5, 2025

Today, we’re celebrating 20 years of Never Let Me Go, reading novels about female friendship, and showing some love to the librarians fighting book bans!

On Lit Hub dot com:

After 20 years, Kazuo Ishiguro reflects on the decades-long process behind Never Let Me Go. | Lit Hub Craft

Sarah Manguso and Liana Finck “challenge the popular depiction of children as adorable idiots” in a series of drawings that explore youthful philosophy. | Lit Hub Art

Aron Solomon explains why the legal profession needs to stand up to Trump: “By not pushing back hard against this executive overreach, the country’s most powerful firms set a chilling precedent.” | Lit Hub Politics

“There are moments when a place you live stops being livable. Sometimes that arrives slowly, like a leak. Sometimes all at once.” A dispatch from Oliver Baez Bendorf, poet in exile. | Lit Hub Memoir

These 10 great May nonfiction books include work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, and Robert Macfarlane. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

“Neither of us was thinking about poetry, yet it was the only way we had of saying anything to each other.” Astrid López Méndez on feeling resistance to poetry. | Lit Hub Craft

From woodcuttings to ancient sketches, Jessica Poundstone explores a human history of depicting dogs in art. | Lit Hub Art

Disha Bose recommends novels about female friendship by Elena Ferrante, R.F. Kuang, Sally Rooney, and more! | Lit Hub Reading Lists

Peter Conrad considers the relationship between Charles Dickens’s own Dickensian childhood and his writing. | Lit Hub Biography

“The kids at Calvin Village Elementary School made me feel better and worse about myself.” Read from Demree McGhee’s short story collection, Sympathy for Wild Girls. | Lit Hub Fiction

From around the internet:

“What is happening at this moment does not dictate what is going to be happening tomorrow.” Angela Davis discusses Gaza, June Jordan, and solidarity. | Democracy Now!

Melina Moe considers Amanda Jones’ ​​That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, which attempts to address both “the public defamation of a librarian accused of willfully using book selection to pervert patrons, and the broader question of how books should be selected (and challenged) in public collections.” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen report on the gutting of the Department of Education’s civil rights offices. | ProPublica

Forget LLMs! Hannah Katznelson looks at 16th century language automation models. | Aeon

In the age of A.I., Joshua Rothman wonders: “In how much of our thinking lives will we be passengers, rather than pilots?” | The New Yorker

Dana Liebelson on the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kennedy Center, and Trump’s attempts to conquer the arts. | The New Republic

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Reading List, Where The Give Is edition.

"I'm not telling you to make the world better ... I'm just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it." [Joan Didion]

[Image: Irving Penn: Rose - Blue Moon, 1970]

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"I found myself just staring at it for 10 minutes at a time, watching these machines figure each other out. It was like watching a fish tank." San Francisco's nocturnal driverless taxi ballet [Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic]

Should you give up a bit more often? [Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker]

"It’s a TikTok world, creative and sprawling and strange and anarchic and tedious and gross and you can’t stop scrolling and you can’t stop looking and you just want more. So what’s the problem?" [Roxane Gay, Bitter Southerner]

"My brain craves flashy, ten-second clips one after the other after the other. I used to waste my time by watching 20-minute YouTube videos – it’s horrifying and laughable that these now seem like the distinguished, intellectual choice to me, akin to settling down with a book." My addiction to vertical video [Amelia Tait, New Statesman]

Nothing on TV felt like "My so-called life" - still doesn't. An interview with show creator Winnie Holzman [Vulture]

"Life without alcohol felt pale and slight at first, until it became Technicolor and overwhelming. Even the most casual interactions turned fraught with anxiety without any substance to numb my nerves, my need to please, my overthinking mind. I stuttered with stress buying toothpaste at CVS (what kind?), getting my hair cut (what style?), just imagining the doctor’s office (no way). So the concept of going out with a man was like cannonballing into the deep end when you haven’t even learned to doggy-paddle." Sex, now sober [Sarah Hepola, The Cut]

Gone commando [Molly Rosen, The Cut]

Getting divorce-y [Moya Sarner, The Guardian]

"I just want a dumb job" - on when you realise that everything you thought you wanted in a career is actually a mirage. [Charlotte Cowles, The Cut]

Fear as a Game [Elisa Gabbert, The Believer]

My real life as an alcoholic, played big on screen - Amy Liptrot on the film version of her incredible autobiography "The Outrun" [The Guardian]

"Communications has eclipsed creativity as the central skill of modern work." White-Collar Work Is Just Meetings Now [Derek Thompson, The Atlantic]

The elite college students who don't know how to read an entire book [Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic]

The British lingo that made its way into the US - a fascinating exploration by Ben Yagoda [The Guardian]

Rosa Luxembourg found freedom by pressing flowers in prison Flowers for Rosa [Jenny Odell, Lux]

How to clear mental blocks - actually good advice [Katherine May]

They say turning 44 brings ‘dramatic change’. I can’t wait [Eva Wiseman, The Guardian]

"You already know what The Lion & The Unicorn is like; you have always known, on an instinctual level, the way Plato reckoned we were born with the sum total of knowledge and just forgot it all." There's a new Wetherspoons at Waterloo Station [Steve Dinneen, CityAM]

A perfect Daddio [Stuart Heritage, The Guardian]

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Supporters of Creative Community For Peace Open Letter (Support of Israel) - Part 1/2

The letter condemns the Supernova Music Festival attack on Oct 7, but fails to mention Palestinian civilians, then states:

"As Israel takes the necessary steps to defend its citizens in the coming days and weeks, social media will be overrun by an orchestrated misinformation campaign spearheaded by Iran."

see full letter (x)

Supporters:

Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community For Peace

Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman, Warner Records

Brad Ableson, Animation Director, Illumination

Natalie Abrams, Co-EP

Deeba Abrishamchi, Senior Manager, A&R, Universal Music Publishing Group

Jason Adelman, VP, Brand Innovators Labs

Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Ali Adler, Producer

Ben Adler, Musician

Rachel Adler, Agent, CAA

Dan Ahdoot, Comedian

Jason Alexander, Actor/Director

Sasha Alexander-Ponti, Actress/ Director, The Ponti Company

Karen Allen, Actor/Director, Blue Willow Productions Inc.

Dan Aloni, Partner, WME

Kayla Alpert, Writer

Cindy Ambers, Co-Owner, Art/Work Entertainment

Leon Angel, Joint Head of Football, CAA Base Limited

Dennis Arfa, Chairman, IAG Music, Independent Artist Group

Jarred Arfa, EVP and Head of Music, Independent Artist Group

Taryn Ariel, Agent

Antonina Armato, Founder, Heroine Music Group

Jeff Astrof, Showrunner, Warner Brothers

Liz Astrof, Writer/Producer, 20th Century/Disney

Eve Attermann, Literary Agent, WME

Michael Auerbach, Partner, Jackoway Austen

Nate Auerbach, Partner, Versus Creative

Karl Austen, Attorney, Jackoway Austen

Meredith Averill, TV Writer/Showrunner,

Shahar Avnet, Creative Director & Founder, SHAHAR AVNET

Asi Azar, TV Host, Keshet

Irving Azoff, Chairman, Full Stop Management

Ivor Baddiel, Scriptwriter and Author

Gary Barber, CEO, Spyglass Media

Moshe Barkat, CEO, ColorTime, LLC.

Eve Barlow, Music Journalist

Jonathan Barnett, Chairman, CAA Stellar

Romi Barta, Writer

Jonathan Baruch, Partner, Rain

Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Lance Bass, Music Artist

Neal Batra, President, Tradition Pictures

Brian Baumgartner, Actor

Jaime Becker, Writer/producer

M. Becker

Matt Earl Beesley, Director/Producer, This Much Films

Idan Ben abou, Football Agent, ISCOUT LTD

Karyn Ben-Gal, A&R Coordinator, Disney Music Publishing

Aton Ben-Horin, VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Rachel Bendavid, Head of Scripted Programming, BBC Studios/Lionsgate Partnership

Pablo Bendersky, Producer/Artist

Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Ram Bergman, Producer, T-Street

Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Jim Berkus, Chairman of the Board of Directors, UTA

Jordan Berkus, Talent Agent, UTA

Greg Berlanti, Writer/Director/Producer, Berlanti Productions

Gail Berman, CEO, The Jackal Group

Luc Bernard, Director, Voices of the Forgotten

TJ Bernardy, Talent Agent, WME

Carolyn Bernstein, Exec VP, National Geographic

Jeff Bernstein, Partner & Board Member, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Heather Besignano, CEO & Founder, ICON PR

Mayim Bialik, Actor/Host/Author

Sharon Bialy, Co-Owner of Bialy/Thomas Casting, Bialy/Thomas & Associates

Matthew Bierman, Producer

Allison Binder, Partner, Goodman Genow Schenkman Smelkinson & Christopher

Joshua P. Binder, Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership

Rachel Bloom, Writer

Doug Blu, Commercial Dept, Eris Talent Agency

Robyn Bluestone, Talent Manager, Robyn Bluestone Management

Steven Blume, COO, Content Partners LLC

Sawyer Bock, Coordinator, Elevate Entertainment

Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Laura Bonner, Partner, WME

Michael Borkow, Writer/Producer, Tinder Hill Productions, Inc.

Betsy Borns, Television Writer/Producer

David Bradley, Partner, WME

Alan Braun, Agent, CAA

Dan Brecher, Principal/Owner, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston

Chris Bremner, Screenwriter, Unknown Quantity

Tor Breon, Music Agent, WME

Theodore Bressman, Screenwriter

Josh Brill, Writer/Producer

Karen Brodkin Watson, EVP, Endeavor

Aline Brosh McKenna, Writer/Director/Producer

Brantley Brown, Talent Representative, Authentic Talent and Literary Management

Amy Brownstein, Founder, PRStudio

Ashley Brucks, President of Screen Gems, Sony

AJ Buckley, Artist

Mitch Bukhar, Talent Agent, CAA

Danny Burstein, Actor

Joannie Burstein Besser, Owner/Manager, Burstein Company

David Byrnes, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Omri Caaspi, Former Professional Basketball Player

Ryan Cabrera, Musician

Trey Callaway, Television Showrunner

Bryan Carmel, Independent Producer, The Very Specific Corporation

Tia Carrere, Actress

Madeline Carver, Account Service Representative, Vevo

Markell Casey, Music Executive

Nir Caspi, Partner, Non-Scripted TV, WME

Daniela Cassorla, Associate, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, PC

Jennifer Cecil, Writer/Producer

Jared Ceizler, Talent Manager, MGMT Entertainment

Brian Celler, Founder, Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit, A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Olivier Chastan, Founder & CEO, Iconoclast

Cliff Chenfeld, Co-Founder, Razor & Tie

Ted Chervin, Agent, CAA

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actor

Jeffrey Ciabattari, Talent Manager

Patrick Clifton, Writer, Promise & Potential

Andrew Cohan, Co-Founder/C.E.O., ACI Licensing LLC

Ayala Cohen, Talent Agent, CAA

Etan Cohen, Writer/Director

Joe Cohen, Agent, CAA

Alex Cole, President, Elevate Entertainment

Lindsay Conner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers

Henrietta Conrad, CEO, The Optimism Company

Lionel Conway, SVP, BMG

Adam Cooper, Partner, Jackoway Austen, et al.

Leanne Coronel, President, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ben Cosgrove, CEO, Leviathan Productions

Cassidy Crosby, Associate Manager of Marketing, Vevo

Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress

R.J. Cutler, Filmmaker, This Machine

Avi Dahan, Attorney, Boyarski Fritz LLP

Ian Daly, Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Hannah Damico, Junior Designer, Vevo

Greg Daniels, Writer

Dani Darling, Entertainment Attorney, LaPolt Law

Ben Davis, Partner, Co-Head of Digital, WME

Doug Davis, The Davis Firm

Mitch Davis, Concert Promoter, The Artist Partnership

Taylor Dayne, Artist

Danielle Del, Partner, D2 Management

Jamie Denbo, Co-EP Grey’s Anatomy, ABC/Disney

David DeSantos, CEO, Cottonwood Productions

Meredith DeSantos, Writer/Producer

Josh Deutsch, Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Ken Deutsch, Global Co-Chair, Entertainment and Media Group, Paul Hastings LLP

Vikram Dhawer, Partner, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Avi Diamond, Director, Film & TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada

Michael Diamond, Talent Manager/Partner, MGMT Entertainment

Jessica DiBiase, Talent Agent, CAA

Lucy Dickins, Global Head of Music and Touring, WME

David DiGilio, Showrunner/Executive Producer, THE TERMINAL LIST – Amazon Prime

Kosha Dillz, Artist, Rapper

Matt Dines, Producer

Lee Dinstman, Partner, IAG

Brian Dobbins, Co-CEO, Artists First

Efrat Dor, Actor

Joella Dorenbaum, Talent Agent, CAA

Craig Dorfman, Partner/Manager, Three Six Zero

Rick Dorfman, Partner/Head of Comedy & Development, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Michael Douglas, Actor/Producer

David Draiman, Frontman of the band Disturbed

Bill Duffy, Head of Basketball, WME Sports

Alex Edelman, Comedian/Writer

Julian Edelman, Co-Founder, Coast Productions

Scott Edelman, Senior Partner, Gibson Dunn

Lisa Edelstein, Actor

Jason Egenberg, CEO/Producer, Tiny Riot Entertainment

Jon Ehrlich, Founder/Composer, Qwire

Matthew Einstein, CEO, Tradition Pictures

Jessica Elbaum, Producer, Gloria Sanchez productions

Natasha Elie, Marketing Assistant, Atlantic Records

Talya Elitzer, Co-Founder, Godmode Music

Andy Elkin, Agent, CAA

Craig Emanuel, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Paul Hastings

Robert Emmer, Founding Partner, Shout! Factory

Alexandra Emmerman, Agent, CAA

Hannah Epstein, Agent, CAA

Dan Erlij, Partner, Co-Head of TV Lit, UTA

Ingrid Escajeda, Showrunner/EP

Henry Eshelman, Managing Director, PMG: Platform Media Group

Nancy Etz, Agent, CAA

Ikenna Ezeh, Partner, WME

Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Veronica Falcón, Actor

Donny Farber, Dan Farber

Sharon Farber, Composer, Soaring Taurus, LLC

James Farrell, Agent, WME

Daniel Federman, Owner, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Oded Fehr, Actor

Erik Feig, Founder/CEO, PICTURESTART

Jaime Feld, Talent Agent, CAA

James Feldman, Partner, Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark

Josh Feldman, Head of Film and Television, Altar Rock Pictures

Katie Feldman, Publicist

Ryan Feldman, Partner, WME

Patti Felker, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Jacob Fenton, Partner, UTA

Ken Fermaglich, Partner, UTA

Hannah Fidell, Filmmaker

Tommy Finkelstein, Head of Business Affairs, General Counsel, Independent Artist Group

Dylan First, Agent, WME

Bradley Fischer, Producer

Alexis Fisher, CEO, Timeline Management

Scott Fisher, Select Management Group

Seth Fisher, Showrunner

David Fishof, Producer and Music Executive

Wayne Fitterman, Talent Agent, WME

Carlos Fleming, Partner, WME

Josh Fluxgold, Founder and President, ONEWAY.

Beau Flynn, Producer, FlynnPictureCo

Erica Forster, Entertainment Attorney

Gary Foster, Principal, Krasnoff Foster Productions

Lauren Fox, TV Literary Agent, CAA

Sarah Francus, Manager, Roc Nation

Etan Frankel, Writer

Ashley Franklin, Partner/Talent Manager, Thruline Entertainment

Jordan Frazes, Founder, Frazes Creative

Bryan Freedman, Founding Partner, Freedman, Taitelman + Cooley

Jeffrey Freedman

Jessica Freedman, Singer, SAG-AFTRA

Jay Jay French, French Management, Twisted Sister

Geordie Frey, Owner, GEF Entertainment

Michael Fricklas

Stuart Fried, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks

Jody Friedericks, Executive Creative Director, 160over90

Adam Friedman, Executive, CAA

Adina Friedman, President, Friends at Work Management

Daryl Friedman, Former Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer, The Recording Academy

Stephen Fry, Actor/Writer

Antoine Fuqua, Producer/Director

Bryan Furst, Producer

Sean Furst, Producer, Global Position Studios

Gal Gadot, Actress, Producer, Pilot Wave

Alex Gansa, Writer/Producer, Gansa Films Inc.

Siri Garber, CEO & Founder, Platform Public Relations

Andy Garcia, Actor

Risa Bramon Garcia, Casting Director, Teacher, Director, The BGB Studio

David Gardner, President, Artists First

Jeremy Garelick, Founder / Owner, American High

Bruce Garfield, Executive Director, Columbus Music Commission

Spencer Garrett, Actor

Nancy Gates, Partner, UTA

Willie Gault, Retired NFL Player

Andrew Genger, Manager, Red Light Management

Paul George, Manager, Podwall Entertainment

David Gersh, Co-President Gersh Agency, Gersh Agency

Gary Gersh, President, Global Touring, A.E.G.

Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group

Risa Gertner, Agent, CAA

Pete Giberga, President, AWAL

Jill Gillett, Agent, WME

Gary Ginsberg, Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Joyce Giraud, Actress/Model

Fran Glasenberg, Foundation Executive, CAA

Nikki Glaser, Comedian

Patricia L. Glaser, Partner, Glaser Wei Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro

Daniel Glass, Founder/ CEO, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber, President, HITS Magazine

David Glick, Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Joshua Glick, Manager

Jonathan Glickman, Founder, Panoramic Media Company

Jordan Glickson, VP, Music & Talent, Vevo

Mark Goffman, Executive Producer, Off The Cliff Entertainment

Ross Golan, Songwriter, Unknown Music Publishing

Elon Gold, Comedian/Actor

Hannah Gold, VP Marketing, Interscope Records

Judy Gold, Comedian, Actor, Writer

Andrew Goldberg, Writer/Producer

Dana Goldberg, Chief Creative Officer, Skydance

Saul Goldberg, Agent, CAA

Tracey Goldblum, VP commercials, KMR

Tony Goldring, Agent, WME

Alistair Goldsmith, President, Chosen Music

Lindy Goldstein, Producer, Lindy Goldstein Productions

Michal Goldstein, Co-President, Basset Hound Distribution

Michael Goldwasser, President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Nichole Gomez, Agent, Eris Talent Agency

Adrianne Gonzalez, Owner, BYAGINC

Alissa Goodman, Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Brandon Goodman, Co-Founder / Co-Owner, Best Friends Music

Howard Gordon, Writer/EP

Jonathan Gordon, CEO, 1916 Enterprises LLC

Michael Gordon, Partner, CAA

Jeff Gorin, Partner/Talent Agent, WME

Hildy Gottlieb, Agent in MP Talent, CAA

Karen Gottlieb, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Andrew Gould, Music Executive

David Graber, SVP, Content Licensing, Warner Brothers Discovery

Jessica Graboff, Agent, CAA

Marc Graboff, Consultant

Nicholas Grad, President, FX Entertainment

Cary Granat, Co-Founder and Partner, Destiny Media, EMH Media

Jack Dylan Grazer, Actor, JDG Creative Services

Michael Green, Writer

Roger Green, Partner, WME

Trudy Green, Trudy Green Management/HK

Alison Greenberg, Author and screenwriter,

Scott Greenberg, Partner, LBI

Stacy Greenberg, Head of Scripted, US, Merman

Steve Greenberg, Founder and President, S-Curve Records

Ava Greenfield, Scripted TV Agent, CAA

Josh Greenstein, President Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Dan Gregor, Writer

Adam Griffin, Manager, Vault Entertainment

Iris Grossman, Partner, Echo Lake Entertainment

Jonathan Grossman, Coordinator, Elevate Entertainment

Lynn Grossman, CEO, Secret Road

Jeremy Gruber, Friends at Work, Head of Artist Marketing

Tony Guanci, Chairman, EDGEOUT

Marc Guggenheim, Writer/Producer

Gary Gulman, Comedian/Writer

Julie Gurovitsch, Music Producer, The Tonight Show

Paul Haas, Partner, WME

Michael Hackman, CEO, Hackman Capital Partners

Amanda Hacohen, Agent, WME

Amir Haddad, Singer Songwriter, Warner Music France

Shirley Halperin, Editor-in-Chief, Los Angeles Magazine

Marilou Hamill

Mark Hamill, Actor

Alicia Hannah-Kim, Actor

Amy B. Harris, Writer/Producer

Lynn Harris, Producer/Partner, 6th & Idaho

Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Ashley Harrison, Agent, CAA

Jo Hart, Founder, Hart Media

Becky Hartman Edwards, Writer/Producer, Two in A Tub Productions

Ryan Hayden, Partner, UTA

Josh Heald, Writer/Producer

Patricia Heaton, Actress/Producer, FourBoysEntertainment

Julianne Heitzer, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Scott Henderson, Partner, WME

Karen Hermelin, EVP, Marketing, Strategy & Insights, Paramount Pictures

Peter Hess, Co-Head, CAA Commercials Endorsements

Stephen Hill, Actor

Avi Hirshbein, A&R Coordinator, Electric Feel Ent.

Beth Holden-Garland, Manager, Authentic

Shawn Holiday, Full Stop Management

Laura Holstein, Producer

Billy Hopkins, Casting Director, Hopkins Ingram Casting

Matthew Horowitz, Agent, CAA

Samuel Horowitz, Television/Film Writer

Chris Horsman, Talent Agent, CAA

Allison Howard, Talent Agent, WME

Andrew Howard, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Linda Edell Howard, Attorney, Novick Law

Lindsay Howard Parker, EVP, Head of Scripted Literary, Independent Artist Group

David Hunt, Founder, FourBoys Entertainment

Michelle Hurd, Actor and Activist

Jon Hurwitz, Showrunner

Richard “BournRich” Ingram, Artist/Creative Director

Susana Ivanir, Executive, CAA

Basil Iwanyk, Producer, Thunder Road Films

Chukwudi Iwuji, Actor

Levi Jackson, Agent, WME

Mara Jacobs, Producer

Neil Jacobson, Founder of Hallwood Media

Chris Jacquemin, Partner, WME

Jonathan Jakubowicz, Writer & Director, Epicentral Studios

Tim James, Co-Founder, Rock Mafia

Maxwell Jenkins, Actor

Raymond Jimenez, Talent Manager, Zero Gravity Management

Brandt Joel, Agent, WME

Douglas Johnson, Agent, CAA

Jasmine Joseph-Danielpour, Manager

Nancy Josephson, Partner, WME

Al Joyner, Former Olympian

Brooke Jung, Talent Agent, WME

Heather Kadin, President, Scripted TV Range Studios, Range Media Partners

Rachel Kalban, Children’s Television Producer

Rachel Kaplan, Producer, Absecon Entertainment

Marisa Kapust, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Dorian Karchmar, Agent and Partner, WME

Mike Karz, Partner, Gulfstream Pictures

Zach Katz, President and COO, FaZe Clan

Ryan Kavanaugh, Founder, Proxima

Stephen Kay, General Counsel, Roku, Inc.

Jonathan Kellerman, Novelist

Cari Kenny, Talent Agent, Eris Talent Agency

Lee Kern, Writer

Craig Kestel, Partner, WME

Ilan Kidron, Artist & Musician

April King, Talent Agent, WME

Russell King, Director, King Law Firm

Melanie Kirschbaum, Writer/Co-EP

David Kissinger, CEO, DK Media

Dana Klein, Writer/Creator, Can’t Get Five Productions

Jenny Klein, Writer

Lance Klein, Partner, WME

Barbie Kligman, Writer/Producer

Scott Kluge, President, Tremendous Entertainment

Zachary Knighton, Actor, Independent

Amanda Kogan, Agent, The Gersh Agency

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Blair Kohan, Board Member/Partner, UTA

Jenji Kohan, Writer/Producer/Showrunner, Tilted Productions

Ben Kohn, CEO, Playboy

Courtney Kohn

Marc Korman, Agent, WME

Barry Kotler, Agent, CAA

Steve Kram, CEO, Content Partners LLC

Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.

Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media

Erik Kritzer, Owner/Partner, Link Entertainment

Josh Kurfirst, Music Agent, WME

Andrew Kurland, Talent Agent, CAA

Michelle Kydd, Chief Innovation Officer, CAA

Stephanie LaFera, Head of Electronic, WME

Angela LaFever, Management, Independent

Ricki Lake, Television Host/Actress

Evan Lamberg, President, North America, Universal Music Publishing

Amy Landecker, Actress

John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks

Gabz Landman, VP, A&R, Warner Records

Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures/Founder, The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Dina LaPolt, Entertainment Attorney, LaPolt Law, PC

Estelle Lasher, President, Lasher Group

Sanaz Lavaedian, SVP of Music, MOCEAN

Inbar Lavi, President, Tuna Productions

Dennis Lavinthal, Owner, Hits magazine

Adam Leber, Founder, REBEL

Jared LeBoff, Producer, Marc Platt Productions

Sara Leeb, Agent, CAA

Michelle Leibel, Writer/Producer, One Trick Pony Productions

Doron Leidner, Football Player, Olympiacos

Carol Leifer, Comedian/Writer

Jeffrey Lenkov, Attorney

Peter Lenkov, Writer

Eli Leonard, Comedian/Writer/Actor

Gerri Leonard, Partner, Leonard Business Management, Inc.

Greg Lessans, Weed Road Pictures

Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

David Leventhal, Business Manager, Citrin Cooperman

Arielle Lever, Agent, CAA

Zachary Levi, Actor

Ben Levine, Partner, Link Entertainment

Michael Levine, Co-head, CAA Sports, Creative Artist Agency

Ashley Levinson, Producer

Steve Levitan, Writer/EP

Alexandra Levy, Writer

David Levy, Partner, WME Entertainment

David Levy, Founder and CEO, Back Nine Ventures

Marcus Levy, Agent, WME

Richard B. Levy, Managing Director, Executive Talent Management, P.C.

Michelle Lewis, Executive Director/Songwriter, SONA

Micha Liberman, President, Mind Meld Arts

Chuck Liddell, UFC Hall of Famer

Marc Lieberman, President, Above Average Productions

Sean Liebowitz, Agent, CAA

Sydney Lipsitz, Chief of Staff, CAA

Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners

Steve Lobel, CEO, LMG

Jonathan Lomma, Lawyer, WME

Alexandria Longo, Director of PR/Publicist, Blended Strategy Group

David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Jonathan Lonner, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

George Lopez, Comedian/Actor

Amy Lord, CEO, Eris Talent Agency

Dean Lorey, Showrunner

Bryan Lourd, CEO, CAA

Richard Lovett, Co-Chairman, CAA

Doug Lucterhand, Agent

Kris Lythgoe, TV Producer

Nigel Lythgoe, President, Nigel Lythgoe Productions

Meghan Mackenzie, Agent, WME

Ben Maddahi, SVP A&R, Columbia Records + President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt

Allysa Mahler, Partner, WME

Melissa Malkin, Literary Manager, BEP

Howie Mandel, Comedian

Jamie Mandelbaum, Co-President, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Chris Mann, Singer/Actor

Gabriel Mann, Composer/Producer

Daniel March, Managing Partner, Dynamic Television

Vanessa Marcil, Actress

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA

Ashlee Margolis, Founder, The A List

Susan Markheim, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Rob Markus, Talent Agent, WME

Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Rebecca Marlis, VP, Publicity, Interscope Records

Ori Marmur, VP, Original Studio Film, Netflix

Chris Marrs, Writer / Producer

Sarah Martin, Senior Legal Counsel EMEA, WME

John Mass, President, Content Partners, LLC

Nancy Matalon, VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Andrew Mathes, Partner, WME

Austin Matloff, Coordinator, Broadway Video

Arielle Matza, Associate Attorney, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Haim Mazar, President, Haim Mazar Music, LLC

David Mazouz, Actor

Rebecca Mazouz, Assistant, Plan C Productions

Michel J. Mazouz MD, Physician

Paul McCrane, Actor

Judith McCreary, Executive Producer, Griot, Inc

Allison McGregor, Agent, CAA

Deborah McIntosh, Agent, WME

Michael McKean, Actor

AJ McLean, Music Artist, Backstreet Boys

David McMillan, TV writer/producer

Barry McPherson, Partner/Executive VP of Talent, IAG

Brian Medavoy, Partner, More Medavoy Management

William Mercer, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Debra Messing, Actor

Tom Miceli, Agent, WME

Adam Milch, Writer/Producer

Daniel Miller, President, Ironbound Films, Inc.

Rina Mimoun, Warner Brothers

Arika Mittman, Showrunner/Executive Producer

Mike Mizanin, WWE Personality

Alfred Molina, Actor

Jordana Mollick, President and Co-Founder, Semi-Formal Productions

Carolyn Moneta, Partner, WME

Tony Morales, Composer

Erwin More, Founding Partner, More/Medavoy Management

Jessica Morgulis, Talent Manager, Authentic

Marcy Morris, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Rob Morrow, Actor

Meg Mortimer, Partner and Manager, Authentic Talent and Literary Management

Michele Mulrooney, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Ryan Murphy, Writer/Director/Producer

Talia Myers, Agent, UTA

DJ Nash, Creator/Executive Producer, A Million Little Things

Chen Neeman, Songwriter, Chen Neeman Music

Brie Neimand, SVP Current, Cable and Streaming, CBS Studios

Noah Nelson, Writer, Gumballs and Stickers

Paul Nelson, Manager, Mosaic

Lauren Neustadter, President, Film & TV, Hello Sunshine

Eric Newman, Film and TV Producer

Robert Newman, Agent, WME

Alan Nierob, Chairman, Entertainment, RCPMK

Amaury Nolasco, Actor

Sharona Nomder, Morse Artists

Howard Nuchow, Co-Head, CAA Sports

Lisa Nupoff, Manager, IMIN Music

Annette O’Toole, Actress,

Mike O’Malley, Actor/Writer

Tracy-Ann Oberman, Actress

Julie Oh, Film Producer, OhCo

Michael Ohoven, Producer, CEO, Infinity Media

Peter Oillataguerre, Head of Production

Jim Osborne, CEO, Independent Artist Group

Sharon Osbourne

Claudia Oshry, Comedian and Podcast Host

Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Jaime Paglia, Writer/Producer/Director, Two Joes Entertainment

Richard Palmese, President, Palmese Entertsinment

Lucienne Papon, EVP, Creative Affairs, ITV Studios

Renee Pappas, Consultant, Heritage Auctions

Joshua Pasch, Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Jared Paul, Founder, Faculty

Josh Peck, Actor

Shauna Perlman, Talent Agent, CAA

Numa Perrier, Filmmaker

Sara Pervil, Business Affairs Executive, CAA

Jack Peterson, Assistant, 3 Arts Entertainment

Andrea Pett, Talent Manager, BEP

Mekhi Phifer, Actor

Brian Pianko, Head Of Creative Advertising, Paramount Pictures

Chris Pine, Actor

Naomi Pitt, Front Office Coordinator

Jeremy Piven, Comedian/Actor

Jonah Platt, Actor/Jewish Advocate

Wendy Plaut, SVP, Paramount

Eric Podwall, President, Podwall Entertainment

Margrit Polak, President, Anne Frank LA/President Margrit Polak Management

Daria Polatin, Showrunner/Executive Producer, 1001 Pictures

Alissa Pollack, EVP, Global Music Marketing, iHeartMedia

Billy Porter, Artist, INCOGNEGRO

Cami Potter, TV Talent, CAA

Dani Potter, TV Scripted Partner, WME

Ava Poulson, London Mailroom, WME

Monique Powell, Sole Owner, Lead Entertainer, Save Ferris

Mike Praw, Entertainment Executive

Dawn Prestwich, Writer/Showrunner

Rhonda Price, Manager Partner, The Gersh Agency

Bryan Rabin, President/Founder, Bryan Rabin Inc

Sylvie Rabineau, Co-Head, Book to Film/TV, WME

Gideon Raff, Writer Director

Jazmin Rangel, Director of VO, Eris Talent Agency

Ross Raphael, Partner, WME

Ellen Rapoport, Writer/Producer/Director

Ron Rappaport, Writer/Executive Producer, That’s A Rapp Productions

Ron Rauch, VFX Editor, HBO Max

Adam Reed, Actor

Dani Reis, Manager, Friends at Work Nashville

Remedy, Artist

David Renzer, Chairman & Co-Founder of CCFP & Former Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Publishing

Peter Riegert, Actor

Seth Robbins, Actor

Sebastian Roché, Actor

Hanna Rochelle, Founder, Purple Productions LLC

Rich Rogers

Samantha Ronson, DJ/Songwriter

Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor

Michael Rosenbaum, Actor

Erez Rosenberg, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Julie Rosenberg, Account Manager, Vevo

Melissa Rosenfield, Founder, IFP Communications

Shep Rosenman, Lawyer, RLG LLP

Philip Rosenthal, Writer/Producer

Shani Rosenzweig, Partner & Talent Agent, UTA

Claudia Rosha, Marketing Manager, Atlantic Records

Jeffrey Ross, Comedian/Actor

Sydney Ross, Script Coordinator, Hulu

Michael Rotenberg, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Eli Roth, Director

Harrison Rothman, Manager, Elevate Entertainment

Robert Rothman, Managing Partner, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston

Kate Rothschild, Artist Manager, Roc Nation

Amanda Rovitz, Manager, 1916 Management

Autumn Rowe, Singer/Songwriter

Mike Royce, TV Writer/Producer, Snowpants Productions

Olivia Rudensky, CEO, fanmade

Josh Rudnick, Talent Manager/Producer, Mosaic

Danny Rukasin, Co-Founder/Manager, Best Friends Music

Stacy Rukeyser, TV Writer and Showrunner

Olesya Rulina, Actor, Rain Management

Jason Ryterband, Music Editor, Ryterband Music

Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Eric Sacks, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks

Kirk Saduski, Producer

Carin Sage, EVP Feature Film, Skydance

Rebecca Sahim, Head of Publishing, Salxco

Rochel Saks, Manager, SAKS&

Ira Sallen, Executive Advisor

Doron Salomon, Head of Football Operations, CAA Base

Peter Sample, Partner, Jackoway Austen

Nancy Sanders, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Scott Sanders, Producer, SGS Pictures

Ashlie Sapiro, Director of Drama Development, HBOMax

Mark Satlof, Sr Vice President, Shore Fire Media

Jacqueline Saturn, President, Virgin Music

Ben Savage, Actor

Fred Savage, Director

Malina Saval, Editor-in-Chief, Pasadena Magazine/Contributing Editor, Variety

Murray Sawchuk, Itz Gone Productions

Jeff Schaffer, Writer/Director/EP

Leslie Schapira, Writer/Producer

Brad Schenck, Agent, CAA

Thomas Scherer, President, BMG

Elyse Scherz, Agent/Partner

Ayelet Schiffman, SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Hayden Schlossberg, Filmmaker/Showrunner

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts

Liev Schreiber, Actor

Amy Schumer, Comedian/Actress

Jordan Schur, CEO and Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Joseph Schwartz, Agent, UTA

Robert Schwartz, Attorney, Quinn Emanuel

Sam Schwartz, Co-Principal, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Sherrie Schwartz, CHRO, CAA

Susan Schwarz, Partner, SDB Partners

Sarah Scott, Managing Partner, LaPolt Law

Scott Seidel, Talent Agent, Endeavor

Jerry Seinfeld, Actor/Comedian

Barrett Sellers, Agent, WME

Camila Seta, Executive, Brand Consulting

Stefi Shabashev, Songwriter

Jason Shapiro, Creative Director, Collab

Peter Shapiro, Founder, Dayglo Presents

Rebecca Shapiro, Senior VP, Shore Fire Media

Keto Shimizu, Writer/Producer

Rona Lee Shimon, Actor

Larry Shire, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Kevin Shivers, Agent, WME

Iliza Shlesinger, Comedian

David Shore, Writer /Executive Producer, Sony/The Good Doctor

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky, Artist

Ally Shuster, Agent, CAA

Alan Siegel, President, Alan Siegel Entertainment & G-BASE

Mark Siegel, Agent, CAA

Chris Silbermann, Agent, CAA

Jeremy Silver, Producer/Songwriter

Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Laura Silverman, Actress

Craig Silverstein, Writer/Producer

Gail Simmons, President/Host/Producer, GMS Media Inc

Drew Simon, President, Infrared Pictures

Ralph Simon, Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Tamar Simon, Owner, Mean Streets Management

Marty Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Robert Singer, Writer/Producer, Dec.3rd Productions

Bedi Singh, Board Director

Dilprit Singh, Accounting Manager, Mosaic

Brad Slater, Partner, Agent, WME

Gregory Slewett, Partner, Johnson Shapiro Slewtt Kole

Robert Smigel, Writer/EP

Michael Jonathan Smith, Showrunner, Sony Pictures Television

Dee Snider, Music Artist, Twisted Sister

Nicole Snyder, Writer & Producer

Aliza Sokolow, Author

Jeff Sosnow, EVP A&R, Warner Bros. Records

John David Souther, Songwriter/Musician/Artist

Fred Specktor, Agent, CAA

Dana Spector, Agent, CAA

Donna Spievak, VP of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Sheldon Sroloff, CAA

Michelle Stafford, Actress

Ira Stahlberger, Partner, WME

Halle Stanford, President of Television, The Jim Henson Company

Daniel Stanton, President, Coallier Entertainment

Noelle Stehman, Showrunner

Hank Steinberg, President, Channel Road Productions

KJ Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Bradie Steinlauf, Talent Agent, CAA

Jonathan Steinsapir, Partner, Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir

Sandra Stern, Vice Chairman, Television Group, Lionsgate

Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law

Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, Co-Founder/Chair, Black Music Action Coalition

Brittany Stone, CEO, Stone Talent Agency

Wendy Straker Hauser, Showrunner and Executive Producer

Rachel Strassberger, Manager, Grassroots Music

Noa Sturgeon, Agent Assistant, WME

Geoff Suddleson, Partner, UTA

Margaux Susi, Director/Actor

Assaf Swissa, Co-Founder, Coast Productions

Aaron Symonds, Film Composer

Fernando Szew, CEO, MarVista Entertainment and Fox Entertainment Global

Traci Szymanski, President, Co-Star Entertainment

Nina Tassler, President, Tassler, Inc.

Adam Taylor, President, APM Music

Irit TenHengel, Producer, Yodan LTD.

Scott Tenley, CEO, MRC

Mitch Tenzer, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Dannielle Thomas, Vice President, Untitled Entertainment

Jessica Thomas, Talent Agent, WM Agency

Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming, Fox Entertainment

Bella Thorne, Actress

Noa Tishby, Author, Producer, former Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism

Niv Toar

Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Bianca Tomash, Strategic Advisor, BJEA

Shaun Toub, Actor

Sam Trammell, Actor

Stacy Traub, Writer/Producer

Jonathan Tropper, Showrunner, N/A

Eric Tuchman, Writer, Producer + President, Goldensoul Inc.

Montana Tucker, Music Artist

Brad Turell, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Independent Artist Group

Dor Turgeman, Football player, Maccabi tel aviv

Oded Turgeman, President, The Operating Room

Ronli Tzour, VP, Marketing & Artist Management, FAE GRP

Jonny Umansky, Writer / Producer

Eleanor Vainshtok, Sr Director, Music

Berni Vann, Agent

Marsha Vlasic, Vice-Chairman, IAG Music, Independent Artist Group

Alex Voihanski, President, Paramount Business Group

Debbie Von Arx, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Jeremy Vuernick, President of A&R, Capitol Music Group

Darah Wagner Boaz, Producer

Matt Walden, Producer, Walden Entertainment

Cymbre Walk Sklar, VP, Casting, Feature Animation at Netflix

Don Walker, President, Harry Walker Agency LLC

Diane Warren, Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington, Artist/Producer

Nina Wass, Producer

Michael H. Weber, Screenwriter

Steven Weber, Actor

Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports

Alex Weingarten, Managing Partner, Los Angeles, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Nola Weinstein, Entertainment Executive

Marc Weinstock, President of Worldwide Distribution and Marketing, Paramount Pictures

Allison Weintraub, Writer

Andrea Weintraub, Agent, CAA

Evan Weiss, Co-Founder and CEO, Streaming Ink Media

Greg Weiss, Manager/Producer, Wonder Street

Matthew Weiss, Assistant

Gina Welch, Writer and Producer

Titus Welliver, Actor

Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer

Alan Wertheimer, Attorney

Jonathan West, Attorney

Ron West, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Lee White, Agent, WME

Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, MRC

Joanne Wiles, Partner/Producer, Black Bear Pictures

Deborah Williams, Associate Director, Freelance

Sabrina Wind, Executive Producer, WPM

Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Range Media

Yale Wolman, Agent, CAA

Don Wongprapan, Partner, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Anne Woodward, Partner/Manager, Authentic Talent + Literary

Adrian Woolfe, CEO, Studio 1

Melissa Worth, Wonder, Artistic License

Alexandra Wright, Actor

Michael Yanover, Head of Business Development, CAA

Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Kevin Yorn, Founder & Managing Partner, Yorn Levine Entertainment Law Firm

Rick Yorn, Co-Founder, LBI Entertainment

Mark Young, CEO, The Orion Stars Group

Jonathan Yunger, Film/TV Producer

Stefanie Yunger, Actor/Comedian/Writer

Chris Zaccaria, Sr. Director, Sales Analytics

Laurie Zaks, Executive Producer, Rosewood Television

Alex Zamm, Director/Screenwriter, Zammgate Ent.

Derek Zasky, Department Head/Agent, WME

David Zedeck, Global Co-Head of Music, UTA

Jennifer Zeller, VP, Promotion, Interscope Records

Ian Ziering, Actor

Josh Zilberberg, Influencer

Melissa Zukerman, Managing Partner, Principal Communications Group

Jessica Zysberg, Manager, Marketing Solutions, Vevo

Music Artists Coalition (MAC)

Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC)

Songwriters of N America (SONA)

Additional Signers:

Mark Schiff, Comedian

Adam Biren, TV Agent, CAA

Paul Craig, Founder, Nostromo

Vanessa Livingston, Agent, RBEL Agency

Tom Rothman, Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Greg Grunberg, Actor

Guy Nattiv, Filmmaker

Bruce Resnikov, President and CEO, Universal Music Enterprises

John Fogerty, Musician

Julie Fogerty

Asher Angel, Actor

Gary Goetzman, Producer

Cedric Kyles, Actor/Producer

Samantha Levenshus, Writer/Producer

Richard Trank, Documentary Filmmaker, Moriah Films

Jeremy Norkin, President, Exile Music

Carly Rosenberg, Business Affairs Executive, CAA

Oded Raz, Director/Filmmaker, Raz Production

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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of New York’s Reform Central Synagogue also urged solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of protesters in Israel who have taken to the streets in opposition to their government’s judicial reform plans:

If you care about democratic rights — help preserve the only functional democracy in the Middle East. If you care about the vulnerable — safeguard the sole sanctuary for Jewish refugees in need. If you value Jewish Peoplehood, hear the cries of the other half of our Jewish family and remember: the destiny of Am Yisrael is bound, one to the other. 

This young, messy, miraculous Jewish state is the most important, sovereign democratic project of the Jewish people of the last 2000 years.

We cannot walk away. While the task can feel at times, overwhelming, exhausting, Pirke Avot teaches:Iit is not our duty to complete it, only not to abandon it. 

In his Rosh Hashanah morning sermon, Rabbi Joshua Davidson of New York’s Reform Congregation Emanu-El reported on his visit to Israel with a group of local rabbis and their conversation with politician Simcha Rothman:

When my turn came to speak, I asked him how he intended to protect the rights of those who don’t align with his politics, Israelis who are not haredi or from the Religious Zionist camp.  He responded dismissively: “If you Reformim want to secure your rights, more of you should move to Israel.” Stunningly unaware he was addressing a delegation of Conservative and Orthodox rabbis, too, this chair of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee made painfully clear that his view of law and justice was purely majoritarian. Minority rights be damned.

It was a shattering encounter. One that revealed this coalition cares nothing for me, my Judaism, or my Jewish community. Don’t they know my congregation’s tireless efforts to strengthen American Jewry’s commitment to Israel? Don’t they know we lovingly display Israel’s flag on our bimah? And here my colleagues and I had travelled across an ocean only to get stiff-armed! Oy. Even in Israel, shver tsu zayn a Yid, sometimes it’s hard to be a Jew!

Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe of the Reform Temple Rodeph Shalom in Falls Church, Virginia, addressed congregants who may be reluctant to criticize Israel despite disagreeing with its government’s plans to weaken the power of the country’s judiciary. He took a lesson from the Book of Jonah, read on Yom Kippur:

God teaches us the most important lesson of the Book of Jonah: that criticism must be given as a blessing and not a curse. Especially when a harsh word of warning is needed to bring one back from the edge, it must be offered as a lifeline and not a threat. …. This text challenges us both to recognize when this is needed, and to remember that the commandment in Leviticus to rebuke your neighbor comes just one verse before, paired inextricably, with the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. Criticism and disagreement must be conducted with love. By fostering and deepening our relationship with Israel, we take a place in the conversation that comes from caring. By acknowledging all sides and their humanity, we model the sensitivity that is needed to raise the level of the discussion. By being part of one of the countless efforts and organizations to help Palestinians, help Jews, build something, and be part of a positive vision, we earn the credibility to say our piece. 

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I often ask is this tech enthusiasm fundamentally leading us to our doom or to a potential utopia. Better yet what are the implications of A.I. on fundamental issues like food scarcity, war and environmental collapse. Reading this article didn’t make me lean either way in fact it left me more worried than anything.

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いまロースクールで授業を受けても、厄介な事案を扱うのは何年も先のことだ。心肺蘇生法を覚えたとして、溺れている人を救う日はいつ来るのか。クマに襲われたときの撃退方法をネットで読む、その理由は誰にもわからない。20世紀の半ばにトヨタはジャスト・イン・タイム生産という手法を編み出した。クルマの部品はできるだけ組み立てる時間に近いタイミングで製造・配送する。そうすると、ムダや保管費用を削減できるので、最大限に効率的だった。しかし、人間の頭はそんなふうには機能しない。知識は、使い道がわかる日まで、わたしたちの頭の中の倉庫で無為に埋もれていくのである。 これを強みとみなしているのが、ハーバード大学で教鞭をとる著名なコンピューター科学者レスリー・ヴァリアントだ。人間が長い時間をかけて学ぶ能力をヴァリアントは「教育可能性（educability）」と呼び、新しい著書『The Importance of Being Educable（教育できることの大切さ）』［未邦訳］のなかで、それが成功の鍵だと論じている。 人間の頭脳を特別なものと考えるとき、わたしたちはまず知性のことを思い浮かべる。だが、あらゆる複雑さを踏まえて現実を把握したければ、「賢さだけでは足りない」とヴァリアントは説く。世界について包容力と柔軟性に富む理論を構築する必要がある。すなわち、予想外のまったく新しい環境でわたしたちに何かをもたらす理論であり、そのためにはわたしたちは多種多様な知識を獲得する。思いがけない発見を求めて、ゆっくりと積み重ね、織り合わせていくのだ。このプロセスを通じて、わたしたちは個人の直接的な体験から生み出す以上に広く豊かな思考のシステムを獲得していく。

AI時代に重要なのは知性よりも「教育可能性」 | Joshua Rothman | Wired Japan

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Endless change is a kind of consistency.

- Joshua Rothman

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Why the Godfather of A.I.  Fears What He’s Built

Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours. New Yorker, By Joshua Rothman 13 Nov 23 In your brain, neurons are arranged in networks big and small. With every action, with every thought, the networks change: neurons are included or excluded, and the connections between them strengthen or fade. This process goes on…

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Geoffrey Hinton: “It’s Far Too Late” to Stop Artificial Intelligence

November 17, 2023 The American public’s increasing fascination with artificial intelligence—its rapid advancement and ability to reshape the future—has put the computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton in an awkward position. He is known as the godfather of A.I. because of his groundbreaking work in neural networks, a branch of computer science that most researchers had given up on, while Hinton’s advances eventually led to a revolution.  But he is now fearful of what it could unleash. “There’s a whole bunch of risks that concern me and other people. . . . I’m a kind of latecomer to worrying about the risks, ” Hinton tells The New Yorker’s Joshua Rothman. “Because very recently I came to the conclusion that these digital intelligences might already be as good as us. They’re able to communicate knowledge between one another much better than we can.” Knowing the technology the way he does, he feels it’s not currently possible to limit the intentions and goals of an A.I. that inevitably becomes smarter than humans.  Hinton remains a researcher and no longer has a financial stake in the success of A.I., so he is perhaps franker about the downsides of the A.I. revolution that Sam Altman and other tech moguls.  He agrees that it’s “not unreasonable” for a layperson to wish that A.I. would simply go away, “but it’s not going to happen. … It’s just so useful, so much opportunity to do good.” What should we do? Rothman asks him. “I don’t know. Smart young people,” Hinton hopes, “should be thinking about, is it possible to prevent [A.I.] from ever wanting to take over.” 

Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI (which created ChatGPT), spoke with David Remnick on this episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour.  

Rothman’s Profile of Geoffrey Hinton appears in a special issue of The New Yorker about artificial intelligence.  

LISTEN 16:37-->>49:18 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/articles/geoffrey-hinton-its-far-too-late-to-stop-artificial-intelligence

Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built

Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours.

By Joshua Rothman November 13, 2023

READ MORE https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/geoffrey-hinton-profile-ai

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The brutal trade in enslaved people within the US has been largely whitewashed out of history

A trade card with printed black type for the domestic slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture This essay is from Professor Joshua Rothman. “For my book, ‘The Ledger and the Chain,’ I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen states, from Louisiana to Connecticut. Along the way, I uncovered mountains of…

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May 28, 2025

Today, we’re thinking about wildfires, queer ecology, and climate denialism in speculative fiction!

On Lit Hub dot com:

“Queer ecology challenges scientists to ask what boxes exist in our fields, who made them, and what we could learn if we broke them down.” Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian considers the possibilities of a more egalitarian relationship with the natural world. | Lit Hub Nature

Inside the making of a California megafire and the challenges firefighters face in times of climate change. | Lit Hub Climate Change

Chyana Marie Sage explores grief, personal narratives, and Cree spirituality: “I used to tell people that my father was dead.” | Lit Hub Memoir

Jessica Stanley on the art of political fiction and how Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife manages to afford even its ugliest characters nuance. | Lit Hub Criticism

Rochelle Dowden-Lord recommends books for the sommelier in you by Peter Hellman, Jilly Cooper, Bianca Bosker, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

How the brothers Grimm became involved in an academic and political struggle that is still relevant today. | Lit Hub History

“All storms are alike yet each speaks to us in its particularity.” Catherine Bush on capturing the sensations of life’s storms. | Lit Hub Craft

“I don’t think I have much time left, so I’m going to say what I want to say.” Read Mieko Kawakami’s story “No Flowers,” translated by David Boyd. | Lit Hub Fiction

From around the internet:

Deb Olin Unferth explains what she did with a stipend. | The Paris Review

“I grew up so hopelessly steeped in the cult of Twain that I have to perform a mental adjustment to understand how a Twain revival could be possible.” John Jeremiah Sullivan explores why and how we’re experiencing a Mark Twain moment. | Harper’s

Piers Gelly on Diego Garcia, literary trends, and the promise of “polyautofiction.” | The Point

“Which is it: business as usual or the end of the world?” Joshua Rothman considers the possible futures of A.I. | The New Yorker

H.M.A. Leow revisits the murderous heroine of the 1949 classic Thai nationalist novel Huang rak haew luk. | JSTOR Daily

David Shipko pushes back against climate denialism in speculative literature. | Los Angeles Review of Books