Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page. Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while.

Making A New Christmas Classic with CapCut. 🎄 Three original animated specials, with artists, actors, and storytellers behind every frame. Reza Sixo Safai, Co-Founder of MASSIVE Studios, shares how his team combines traditional filmmaking craft with CapCut Video Studio to bring new Christmas stories to the screen. Go behind the scenes at CapCut World LA.

Eiji Aonuma, the longtime producer of The Legend of Zelda, has officially been knighted by the French Ministry of Culture. He received the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in Paris for his impact on the arts and gaming. French Culture Minister Catherine Pégard called him “a storyteller who always leaves room for the player’s imagination” and praised him for inspiring children around the world “to dream.” Aonuma has been a key figure in Zelda since Ocarina of Time, working on almost every mainline game since.

I think this is the best "company vision essay" ever written @elonmusk gets credit for sleeping on factory floors, but this is why his company's succeed Every founder should read this to become a better storyteller (sales, fundraising, anything)

AI has a PR problem because folks building the future keep making it sound scary. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says we should “accept some bad things” while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei keeps talking about “slowing down.” AI’s benefits need better storytellers.