A more connected online creative ecosystem doesn’t default to treating “creators” as economic agents within transactional marketplaces. Instead, it emphasizes collaboration, solidarity, pluralism, and a movement beyond individualism.

Be up front. When Lukas Rosenstock hosted his first after-work party at his home, he embraced not having it figured all out. “I didn’t pretend to be confident about the concept, but instead always mentioned that I got the idea from a book and that it was an experiment, so people knew what they signed up for,” he explained. Studies suggest that we