📫 Velvet Ropes & Multiplied – Weekend Words #050

Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend

September 06, 2025

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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: velvet ropes and multiplied.

“One of the early, wide-scale effects that generative AI will have on labor and capital markets is the return of velvet ropes.”

— Toby E. Stuart, Anointed

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“When you put the basic umami and the synergizing umami together, the effect isn't just additive — it's multiplied.”

— Chef David Kasabian, The Fifth Taste

More from the author in our word of the week: Umami.

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