Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen | TED

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iam_takada · 2018-04 · Strong recommendation

Talk on innovating in your field by Rodney Mullens: [VIDEO] Grew up playing Tony Hawk. His talk really inspired me follow my creativity.

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psychomugs · 2021-07 · Recommendation

This has been extremely pronounced with skateboarding. Technical tricks that used to take years to land are now being done effortlessly by kids filming throwaway clips shot vertically on their phones. Rodney Mullen, the godfather of basically every trick that involves jumping up and flipping the board and landing on it, has a great TED Talk on epistemology in skateboarding [1]. The biggest block is often just to see proof that something can be done. He also draws apt comparisons with the open source community. Interestingly, he apparently invented a lot of his tricks in isolation on a farm; some genius thrives in the woodshed. Thinking in McLuhanisms, these new mediums have undoubtedly extended epistemology in very revolutionary ways, but it's definitely amputated them as well. The dime-a-dozen landscape and portrait photos that are nigh indistinguishable, the wild west of the content treadmill economy, and the anxiety of influencers [2]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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lloeki · 2020-08 · Recommendation

Cue Rodney Mullen’s TED talk: “Pop a Ollie and Innovate!”. If anyone’s in a position to draw such a comparison between skaters and hackers, it’s the Godfather of skateboarding. Also, “This is Eric Koston”, the comparison is indirect, but the section around “we’re trespassers” resonates deeply. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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