for those who’ve been following along, we have a new manifesto: altamira.studio/about. our last one was called “disrupting publishing in 700 words”. we hope we’re moving toward not only a better sentiment, but a better business also.

ALL feedback would be super valuable!! 💫

Lending a helping hand to a stuck elephant.

Andrew Carnegie amassed a fortune of $372 billion during his life (in today’s money).

Here he is speaking on collective consciousness and what he attributes his success to:

'Well, if you want to know how I got my money, I will refer you to these men here on my staff; they got…

A map of familiar places on the Internet.

'The publishing and entertainment industries have built up barriers to entry that exclude many of our most creative minds and most compelling stories.'

This is what happens when the snakes hire McKinsey & Co to improve their livelihoods:

Nothing beats in-person get-togethers with your earliest true believers — thanks Matt Lerner for making time to meet with the Altamira team 💯📚

This is an impromptu 8-minute blitz essay on the topic that was #1 on my mind today: learning how to say “no.”

feeling repelled by the thought of saying “no” is a trait that you need to learn how to mediate, if you want to be sane.

I think it comes down to knowing your…

I saw the best minds of my generation tweet and delete

This copywriter either got fired or is now president of Ray-ban, no inbetween

It was so gratifying, exhilarating, humbling to hear an episode of Danny Miranda's podcast last week open up w/ discussion of a book my company recently published. We're so new, we don't even have a logo yet—we printed a coffee ring around our name. :) amazon.com/dp/B0C1JHXTQF

Last week, my grandpa (Pops) and I filmed a segment for Jamis, the founder of 'Buck's' Restaurant in Woodside. Such an amazing place, and such an amazing person.

Without the camera's this would probably be my favorite photo of all time.

Poetry is the art of rendering something in words, while knowing your rendition will always pale in comparison to the real thing—the art of railing against the poverty of language—because you feel so inspired. Brian Reisman practices this art form on ‘the forbidden site’ & he’s…

Of all writers on ‘the forbidden site,’ my favorite is Michael Caz. he’s getting into fiction & it’s fantastic.

mcaz.substack.com/p/the-butterly…

“How does one capture Happiness? Other people seem to have it.

‘There must be a way to get it & keep it,’ they said amongst themselves.”

sex is cool, but have you tried being a poet & receiving this text about one of your poems? 🥹

Played poker last night with dude who went to Stanford

While he was busy talking about Stanford, I was taking his chips

This is both true and a metaphor

Excited to announce the Capital Factory ⚙️ gift shop’s newest addition! Pick up your signed copy of Adam Draper’s “Breakfast with Pops” today!

“PS - I love Texas” 🚀

👀 Ft. Bill Perkins (Guy)’s iconic Die with Zero