Lillian Sheng

From now on, individual people can allocate skills on a much more fluid basis. People can express multiple dimensions of their personality and apply themselves across disciplines without asking for anyone's permission. The result will be a flourishing of human talents and growing inequality.

bytedance then made livestreaming a core function in the app. the speed and commitment to livestreaming is noteworthy. while most companies were aware of the potential of short video/livestreaming, the most ambitious brands put those features in the most trafficked places.

There are three core jobs-to-be-done of a democracy:

2. Building productsAmount of attention to detail and craftsmanship that went into building the app is obvious. 

This has a second order effect of driving massive growth to the original platform. As an example, each time content from TikTok is shared on Twitter, a user who wants to consume that content clicks through to consume it on TikTok. This not only drives engagement on TikTok, but when the content consumer isn’t already a user of TikTok, it drives new... See more

“An earlier generation would find it astonishing that, without payment or even much outcry, our networks of family, friends, and associates have been recruited via social media to help sell us things. Now, however, most of us carry devices on our bodies that constantly find ways to commercialize the smallest particles of our time and attention”

The mud consumed each man till there was nothing visible but our heads. The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit — just five men — and we could get out of the oppressive cold. Looking around the mud flat it was apparent that some students were about to give up. It was still over eight hours till the sun came up —... See more

The process of kneeling, worshipping and calling Simba their father, despite the patriarchal and feudal overtones that are so distasteful in modern times, is a form of a "digital twin birth" process. After being introduced to Simba's fans, Simba became the literal "father" of their "digital twin", and the anchors became "siblings" overnight.  

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