Danielle Vermeer

Not all attention and views are created equal. Ryan at Perpetual wrote a newsletter on why Mr. Beast has fewer followers than PewDiePie and yet Pew makes $9M while Mr. Beast makes $100M+ a year. The difference? Attention vs Intention. From Ryan:

Attention is cheap . It’s easy to grab. Even easier to fake.  The impact: revenue doesn’t scale.

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Secret downloads page for top Andrew Chen writing.

Over the past 15 years, clothing production has doubled while the length of time we actually wear these clothes has fallen by nearly 40%.

According to a 2019 report by McKinsey, Gen Z’s annual spending power in the U.S. is $150 billion.

Community-powered markets rest on individual point of view and their taste savvy. Buyers and sellers can play both roles at the same or at different times. 

One of the biggest motivators we observe is the power of subcultural capital - or what we call the “hipster incentive”. It’s an important interpretation of Bordieau’s work on the value of cultural capital in defining our position within society -- the hipster incentive is grounded in our need for status or social capital.

What might be most impactful for students is a value shift away from today’s culture of waste, where we buy more clothes than ever but never keep them for long.

this article by @raynefq about the self being more consumable and how young women are susceptible to the tropes of a familiar identity as shown by 'complex female characters' https://t.co/lfCPMFhdBj