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Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter. Should we care? I'm not sure, but here's a cool story. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

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Nov 30, 2021
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The head of Twitter is quitting Twitter. Jack Dorsey announced Monday that he's stepping down as CEO. Twitter’s company's chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal, will take over.

There are a lot of people writing a lot of takes today on WHAT IT ALL MEANS for social media, as a result. But, I have to admit: I have no idea. (Neither does anyone else.)

However, I did realize that this news makes it the perfect time—in fact, perhaps the last perfect time—for me to share the story of a quick decision Dorsey once made that changed someone's life for the better.

So, let’s do that. It goes back to 2018, when Twitter held an unusual, all-hands retreat in San Francisco. Almost every Twitter employee was supposed to be there, and Elon Musk was supposed to be the keynote speaker.

But, plans changed. According to some reports, Musk had to cancel at literally the last minute, which meant that an hour before the event, Dorsey was still looking for someone to step in and give an address to 3,500 employee…

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