1:20 - 2:00 What? Couldn't follow. Too distracted by his new and brilliantly executed Bill Clinton style. Tone ~ hands ~ pauses ~ don't take too much credit.
Perfect. And I like Bill Clinton. This isn't a cheap shot.
Jeez, this guy can't stop evangelizing. He says when they started Healthy SF the city HAD massive budget deficits, as if that's no longer the case. SF still has massive budget deficits. Healthy SF has VERY limited eligibility and services. It's nowhere near "universal" health care. Oh, and SF has laid of thousands of public workers and cut budgets all over. Keep up the good work Gavin.
Am I the only one with enough church experience to notice that he sounds EXACTLY like a preacher in this video? Did he used to preach? If not, he definitely goes to church because the style of speaking, the vocal inflection, the pauses, etc etc, sounds just like a preacher. Annoying.....
@ProtagonistNonTheist I would say not. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and isn't particularly observant now, so I don't think any bombastic preaching has had a role in forming his public persona. In general, he's just a canny and smooth public figure. I can say that a lot of what preachers incorporate into speaking is taught as public speaking in general, so how he presents something orally can simply be seen as overall good speaking. Those qualities you listed aren't exclusive to preachers.
Gavin Newsom is a very canny and slick elected official. He demonstrates that very persuasively here. What he suggests about shopping an idea for investors is neither a bad nor a new idea. With that in mind I suggest he shake down only his like minded friends in the people's republic of SF and we won't have any trouble at all.
@shmiggen Essentianlly yes, it's called Healthy San Francisco, and it seems to work fairly well. But then again, not many cities in the US are as affluent as SF, so the same model may not work just as well in other places.
Absolutely incorrect. I saw your comment before which I did agree with you. Several minutes later I played Martian Scorsese's The Aviator on my computer. Then I realized, that this motion picture is a form of art. Music is a form of art. In some aspects even literature can be seen as a form of art. All three of these industries are generating multi-million dollar revenues consistently every year. Consumers LOVE to purchase art. Art is heavily profitable!
Absolutely incorrect. I saw your comment before which I did agree with you. Several minutes later I played Martian Scorsese's The Aviator on my computer. Then I realized, that this motion picture is a form of art. Music is a form of art. In some aspects even literature can be seen as a form of art. All three of these industries are generating multi-million dollar revenues consistently every year. Consumers LOVE to purchase art. Art is heavily profitable!
@inquisitive871 In a tangible sense, we live in an increasingly multimedia world, and I would imagine that there are more jobs for creative artists than at any point in history. This is highly specialized labor and very much in demand, and there's a huge overlap between these fields and what we think of as "The Arts." Why does everyone always seem to argue from the perspective that if it's not made in a factory, it doesn't affect the economy?
@inquisitive871 On a broader note, it is very difficult to quantify the direct economic value of art. However, just because the net value to society is difficult to quantify, it's mistaken to say it has none, or at least to assume that the value isn't significant (as Newsom argues here, or as someone like Steve Jobs would have -- and did, forcefully and often -- argue).
@inquisitive871 Considering professions or academic fields in terms of their quantifiable economic value is a useful tool, but it makes no sense to regard it the only element to consider. What's the go-to metric for measuring "innovation" or "creativity" on an industry's chances for growth, or as a direct influence on GDP? How many of those creative talents drew inspiration from their experience with "The Arts"? Those are extremely difficult ideas to quantify, and yet they obviously matter.
@inquisitive871 Fine arts majors typically aren't in demand because those fields are oversaturated with supply -- more students want to major in them than there are jobs to fill. But how many of those students who dabble in the arts go on to productive careers in other fields, and in what ways do they draw on their creative experiences to help them succeed?
@inquisitive871 Creative minds are driven by creative experiences. Creativity drives innovation, and innovation sparks economic growth. It's practically impossible to quantify that notion in terms of direct economic value, but it obviously happens.
Historically, those people, who denigrated arts education, and liberal arts in particular, as trivial, wasteful, and nonessential, have always been the ones to either succumb to totalitarianism or were themselves instrumental in erecting totalitarian regimes. Beware of anyone who thinks we can do away with the arts in our education system or in the public square.
You remind me of Bill Clinton. STOP IT.
TheLonelyImmortal 3 months ago
1:20 - 2:00 What? Couldn't follow. Too distracted by his new and brilliantly executed Bill Clinton style. Tone ~ hands ~ pauses ~ don't take too much credit.
Perfect. And I like Bill Clinton. This isn't a cheap shot.
MLP88 3 months ago 2
this sounds too good to be true. whats the catch?
SezSays 4 months ago
pat bateman haircut?
migkillertwo 4 months ago
Jeez, this guy can't stop evangelizing. He says when they started Healthy SF the city HAD massive budget deficits, as if that's no longer the case. SF still has massive budget deficits. Healthy SF has VERY limited eligibility and services. It's nowhere near "universal" health care. Oh, and SF has laid of thousands of public workers and cut budgets all over. Keep up the good work Gavin.
JJLatBIM 4 months ago
fair content, but he talked like a high school team capt trying to lead when coach not around, unbearable...
b88104044 4 months ago
great speech
Ramsez 4 months ago
Am I the only one with enough church experience to notice that he sounds EXACTLY like a preacher in this video? Did he used to preach? If not, he definitely goes to church because the style of speaking, the vocal inflection, the pauses, etc etc, sounds just like a preacher. Annoying.....
ProtagonistNonTheist 4 months ago
@ProtagonistNonTheist I would say not. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and isn't particularly observant now, so I don't think any bombastic preaching has had a role in forming his public persona. In general, he's just a canny and smooth public figure. I can say that a lot of what preachers incorporate into speaking is taught as public speaking in general, so how he presents something orally can simply be seen as overall good speaking. Those qualities you listed aren't exclusive to preachers.
Tokopol 4 months ago
Gavin Newsom is a very canny and slick elected official. He demonstrates that very persuasively here. What he suggests about shopping an idea for investors is neither a bad nor a new idea. With that in mind I suggest he shake down only his like minded friends in the people's republic of SF and we won't have any trouble at all.
GOPsithlord 4 months ago
San Franciscans have universal health care?
shmiggen 4 months ago
@shmiggen Essentianlly yes, it's called Healthy San Francisco, and it seems to work fairly well. But then again, not many cities in the US are as affluent as SF, so the same model may not work just as well in other places.
Antoshik81 4 months ago
Finaly a new generation of political minds that realise that Art is the hub of civilisation.
Weither you use a pencil or a mouse
All ideas come drawn from the mind of an art trained brain.
dubldeka 4 months ago
@dubldeka Yeah, however, art is not important in this global economy. Art doesn't fuel economic growth. You can't mass produce art.
inquisitive871 4 months ago
@inquisitive871
Absolutely incorrect. I saw your comment before which I did agree with you. Several minutes later I played Martian Scorsese's The Aviator on my computer. Then I realized, that this motion picture is a form of art. Music is a form of art. In some aspects even literature can be seen as a form of art. All three of these industries are generating multi-million dollar revenues consistently every year. Consumers LOVE to purchase art. Art is heavily profitable!
HumanLife52627 4 months ago
@inquisitive871
Absolutely incorrect. I saw your comment before which I did agree with you. Several minutes later I played Martian Scorsese's The Aviator on my computer. Then I realized, that this motion picture is a form of art. Music is a form of art. In some aspects even literature can be seen as a form of art. All three of these industries are generating multi-million dollar revenues consistently every year. Consumers LOVE to purchase art. Art is heavily profitable!
HumanLife52627 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 In a tangible sense, we live in an increasingly multimedia world, and I would imagine that there are more jobs for creative artists than at any point in history. This is highly specialized labor and very much in demand, and there's a huge overlap between these fields and what we think of as "The Arts." Why does everyone always seem to argue from the perspective that if it's not made in a factory, it doesn't affect the economy?
MrTully002 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 On a broader note, it is very difficult to quantify the direct economic value of art. However, just because the net value to society is difficult to quantify, it's mistaken to say it has none, or at least to assume that the value isn't significant (as Newsom argues here, or as someone like Steve Jobs would have -- and did, forcefully and often -- argue).
MrTully002 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 Considering professions or academic fields in terms of their quantifiable economic value is a useful tool, but it makes no sense to regard it the only element to consider. What's the go-to metric for measuring "innovation" or "creativity" on an industry's chances for growth, or as a direct influence on GDP? How many of those creative talents drew inspiration from their experience with "The Arts"? Those are extremely difficult ideas to quantify, and yet they obviously matter.
MrTully002 4 months ago
@MrTully002 Not that I disagree with you. However, why are art grads not in demand?
inquisitive871 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 Fine arts majors typically aren't in demand because those fields are oversaturated with supply -- more students want to major in them than there are jobs to fill. But how many of those students who dabble in the arts go on to productive careers in other fields, and in what ways do they draw on their creative experiences to help them succeed?
MrTully002 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 Creative minds are driven by creative experiences. Creativity drives innovation, and innovation sparks economic growth. It's practically impossible to quantify that notion in terms of direct economic value, but it obviously happens.
MrTully002 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 Without Art. money can not exist.
All money is art and validated with artifice be it a symbol , or number. or illustration.
All symbolism is Art.
All art is money
To say its not important is why there is no economic growth.
Would you accept a piece of paper with just a number on it or a word to say its value?
A printout of a bank balance is not valid tender.
dubldeka 4 months ago
@inquisitive871 I just realised you must have a myopic view of what art is?
Consider all the things you see around you came from a drawn image from an artists mind and drawn before manufacture.
The first stage of making a mental immage real is to draw it out.
be it a rocket or a house or a set of drawers,
it comes from art.
the ability to draw something from a dream and make it real.
then mass produce it..
Tell Disney he can't mass produce.
dubldeka 4 months ago
Historically, those people, who denigrated arts education, and liberal arts in particular, as trivial, wasteful, and nonessential, have always been the ones to either succumb to totalitarianism or were themselves instrumental in erecting totalitarian regimes. Beware of anyone who thinks we can do away with the arts in our education system or in the public square.
alphacause 4 months ago
@alphacause The Boers of South Africa despised Artists.
They are now only remembered for their cruelty and belligerence.
No Boer Art or music to show they ever existed.
dubldeka 4 months ago