Robin Rendle — Stop calling yourself an IC
If blindly adhering to your tribe’s goals or working bullshit jobs at a corporation is about somebody else’s goals (“other”), and the creator economy is about you (“me”), this collectivism I speak of is about a redefinition of “us”.
Sari Azout • #58 friends > communities
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In other words, lots of people see themselves as generalists, whether they use the word or not, and lots of people realize the value of these interstitial roles but not many brag about it, and not many hire for it.
Patrick Tanguay • Generalists
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After the Creator Economy
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This world of permissionless identities flips responsibility for your career, your job description and your identity - it’s shifted from external gatekeepers to the individual themselves.
Tom Critchlow • LF10 - Permissionless Identities
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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.
Severin Matusek • After the Creator Economy
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Being a creator today is lonely and isolating. It feels like we are forced to participate in a platform economy that places creators in competition against each other for followers and attention.
Severin Matusek • After the Creator Economy
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