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Darrell Etherington
@etherington
VP @SBS_Comms, ex-OMERS Venture, ex-Managing Editor at TechCrunch. Writer of @theangle, host of @originalcontentpodcast
Toronto, ON
Joined July 2008
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    New from me at @theangle: HumanX this year captured a theme that I'm seeing in my own experience of AI, and that I think reframes how we should be thinking about its impact on jobs and enterprise organization design:
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    Musk: "this is obviously sounding increasingly like a black mirror episode, but well, I guess they're pretty good at predicting," and then says Neuralink could allow you to download your memories into a robot body. tcrn.ch/34HncvT
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    LA hotel was a 25 minute walk from LAX so I walked. Reception person looked at me like no one has ever done this before in the history of LA
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    Laid off from @TechCrunch , the website I built over the past decade with the help of many wonderful humans including @jordanrcrook, @panzer, @alexia, and @mjburnsy to name just a few. Open to work if you're hiring, and also snap up @morgan_sung and @Harriblogs both also impacted
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    Excited to share that I’ve joined OMERS Ventures! Building on my decade at TechCrunch, I’ll be taking on a new role at the firm designed to help grow our network, as well as maximize its reach and impact. It’s a thrilling new challenge, and one that will mean I spend a lot of
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    One week post-TechCrunch, I'm starting my own newsletter! It's called @theangle (yes I've been sitting on this domain for 6 years) and you can sign up at
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    1/ hey so I'm back at TechCrunch (again) and I'll be especially interested in anything related to space, science (very broad but let's leave it broad for now) and health, would love to hear from anyone on these subjects as I dive back in. I'm very, very excited to get back to it
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    Replying to @etherington
    One day I would like to be baller enough to pay $28 million to be the first on a spacecraft then turn it down bc something more important came up.
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    So first day at Shopify as Product Communications Lead in the books! So far, so 🏆. Note: there is no Medium post for this personal news but feel free to imagine one
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    Apple says that wearing a hat, glasses or new hairstyle will not fool FaceID tcrn.ch/2eSFejP #AppleEvent
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    hey zuck says he'll turn it back on if the NYT just admits it wasn't an electric surfboard
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