Disintermediation

I like thinking small. I like thinking of my reader as an individual.

And even if I did this out of sheer stubbornness at first, I’ve come to think this is exactly the strategy for creatives in the current moment.

There are now so many tools for people who want to bypass the system. Almost none of them existed when I started my lonely path as a one-p... See more

We no longer learn about the world from institutions, or even the illusion of them. We learn about the world from people we care about. This binds our sense of truth to tribal identity, and that is a powerful, fundamentally emotional connection.