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The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex
The bullshit industrial complex is a pyramid of groups that goes something like this:
Group 1 : People actually shipping ideas, launching businesses, doing creative work, taking risks and sharing first-hand learnings.
Group 2 : People writing about group 1 in clear, concise, accessible language.
[And here rests the line of bullshit demarcation...]
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Group 1 : People actually shipping ideas, launching businesses, doing creative work, taking risks and sharing first-hand learnings.
Group 2 : People writing about group 1 in clear, concise, accessible language.
[And here rests the line of bullshit demarcation...]
Grou... See more
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