In no particular order, these are just some of stories, characters (artists, enterpreneurs, technologists, pioneers, independent thinkers, etc), efforts, communities, concepts — inspire me in various ways.
See the documentaries, films, books, blogs, and thought leadership by these folk, for the reasons why.
Steve Aoki - https://www.netflix.com/title/80118930
YC Community - https://www.ycombinator.com/
Sam Altman - http://blog.samaltman.com/
Alexis Ohanian - https://alexisohanian.com/
DayBreakers - https://www.daybreaker.com/
Humane Tech - http://humanetech.com/
Ayr Muir - https://www.cloverfoodlab.com/about/
Dale Carnegie
Richard Branson
JK Rowling
My family and friends of course :)
What and who inspires you?