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Digital platforms have, in many ways, democratized access to generating income but we are far from being able to say that we have created an ecosystem that allows us to have this desired flexibility with the security we need. True independence cannot exist without a system of security.
Jomayra Herrera • Grounded Takeover: The Empowered Economy
Working in technology means one thing above all else: chasing scale. There is a reason why much of the tech world is obsessed with growth. Free from physical constraints, digital systems can scale to an incomprehensible size. The appeal of conquering the engineering, design and business challenges of mega-scale is strong, the rewards immense. But u
... See moreSpotify’s main form of compensation is the promise of exposure. Put your music on Spotify and it’s instantly available to 138 million subscribers, a veritable nation-state of potential listeners. But with that promise comes the relinquishing of even more control. Reaching any of those listeners depends primarily on Spotify’s recommendation systems;... See more
Tim Maughan • Platforms, Creative Communities, and the Need for a Radical Reimagining - The Reboot
Dave realized that content was a commodity. Anyone could create content, but you can’t create a personality. That is how Barstool's content model was born. The company's model relies on four tenets:
Ari Lewis • How Dave Portnoy Single Handedly Changed the Media Business Forever — Ari Lewis
Calmaria - Focus / Breathe / Relax
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Influencers on social channels like Twitch/Discord/Reddit are driving game discovery. By cultivating early adopter communities, developers will be able to self-publish instead of relying on conventional marketing tactics. The top two games of 2019 (Respawn’s Apex Legends and Riot’s Teamfight Tactics) were both marketed primarily via Twitch streamer... See more
Andrew Chen • State of Play: Six Trends Revolutionizing Games | Andreessen Horowitz
excerpts from the secret of our success:
culture is smarter than we are
... See moreThe secret of our species’ success resides not in the power of our individual minds, but in the collective brains of our communities. Our collective brains arise from the synthesis of our cultural and social natures—from the fact that we readily learn from others (are cultural) a
"The fundamental thing the media does all day, every day, is decide what to cover — decide, that is, what is newsworthy... Here’s the dilemma: to decide what to cover is to become the shaper of the news rather than a mirror held up to the news."
Ezra Klein • Why the Media Is So Polarized — And How It Polarizes Us
Permanently divorcing physical location from economic opportunity gives us a real shot at radically expanding the number of good jobs in the world while also dramatically improving quality of life for millions, or billions, of people. We may, at long last, shatter the geographic lottery, opening up opportunity to countless people who weren’t lucky ... See more