Economics of Human Energy
Thoughts about how money and human energy relate
Economics of Human Energy
Keeping a good thing going is hard, and if you have the skills to do it, it kinda makes sense to focus your use of those skills in domains that are more rewarding. This creates “missing markets” that are only served by thankless volunteers who are suckers for pain.
writing a facebook status in 2024
This feels extremely profound. We end up creating broken systems sustained by masochists.
Money is an important heuristic for groups to measure their capacity to support their work properly and not burn people out. Money is not the be all end all, but people get really put off by how it's been so co-opted by the capitalist, extractive system that we're trying to escape. My theory of change is, instead of running away from it, we need to... See more
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
And more than anything, it feels particularly, uncomfortably, acutely uncertain.
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
The biggest thing we can do is give people a sense of a secure present from which to explore potential abundant futures.
The faster the experimentation cycles, the faster the learning, the more of an advantage you have over established people and companies.
Leo Guinan • The Build In Public Manifesto
speed wins
In the US, this began with the launch of TikTok.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
this began well before TikTok.
It was always there from the time we networked the first computers together, because it’s the flaw with the economy first and foremost.
Similarly, I wonder whether the creator economy, as it matures, will resemble less of its original promise (a way for people to do the things they love), in favor of a “creator industrial complex.” Part of the problem is that creativity comes in fits and starts, and can’t always be tamed into a predictable routine. If you’re obligated to create... See more
Nadia Asparouhova • The creator economy
Creativity collapsing to productivity because money doesn’t know how to reward creativity
Where we invest our time also has a Return on Energy (ROE).
Return on Energy
In early 2021, while most founders were chasing quick exits, I was laying the foundation for something more sustainable. The digital fingerprints are clear in my content DNA—establishing values and identity wasn't just personal branding. It was memetic groundwork.
The Time Architect: From Building in Public to Bending Time
What’s your content DNA look like?
Constant improvement, gains of energy via better efficiency