Brock Purdy

In more ways than you realize, sports and movies are the exact same thing. On the simplest level, each consists of a group of highly trained, sometimes well-paid, professionals doing various specific jobs all with a singular purpose: telling a story, usually for profit. The main difference is that in movies (and TV) the story is generally planned out while in sports, it’s not. In both cases though, each exists to let people experience collective emotions. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetFor that reason, I’ll never…

To understand the forces behind the recent layoffs that have ravaged the tech industry, it helps to start with a curious decision by one Bay Area organization.At the end of last year’s National Football League draft, with 261 players off the board and time running out, Brock Purdy was still waiting to hear his name called. Then his phone rang. The San Francisco 49ers were taking him with the very last pick.  In that moment, Mr. Purdy became Mr. Irrelevant, the nickname given to the final player chosen in every NFL draft.…