Whether or not Shop is an online marketplace is a moot point. It’s worth pointing out that, unlike with other online marketplaces, brands using Shop won’t get short shrift: apart from Shopify’s payment transaction fee (which is between 2.4 and 2.9%), Shop won’t charge brands commission to rent space on the platform. By comparison, Amazon charges... See more
Matt McManus, coined the term “age of bullshit” to express the knowledge crisis we are going through. It’s a dangerous time we live in, and in order to solve many of the challenges we face, we need, first, to focus on the meta-problems.
The Enlightenment 2.0:
A recent trend of software + web tech recapitulating the institutions and ideals of the Enlightenment.
Rebooting coffeehouse culture, Republic of Letters, scientific dissemination, and even education, via tech meeting the liberal arts...
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