The internet made it possible for anyone to enter the publishing world. There were considerable fixed costs to getting started 30 years ago, but now, it’s as easy as buying a domain name, hooking up some hosting and writing.
Whenever Fiverr and Upwork want to incentivize someone to do something, they have to dip into their bank accounts and pay in dollars. Want someone to tell their friends? $10 referral bonus! Need a salesperson? $100K a year. When the DAO that controls Braintrust decides they want someone to do something, they can just pay in their native token. Thes... See more
It was created to answer difficult questions about freedom of expression online The idea is to give the decision making power to an independent group of people. Start with an identifiable set of decisions about what content Facebook allows. For it to work, Facebook needs to make decisions that Facebook doesn’t like
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
The fashion industry has a long way to go on racial justice and equality. But there are things brands can do to effect change that extend beyond declarations of solidarity and hollow apologies.
When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable—if there are no consequences—that poor performance becomes the new standard.