sari

China is like the thinking ocean in Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris: a vast entity that produces observations personalized for every observer. These visions may be a self-defense mechanism, allowing leftists to see socialism and investors to see capitalism; or, as Lem’s ocean might be doing, China is vastly indifferent to foreign observers and generates vi... See more

So I think it’s really important to to just stop whenever we face problems in the digital economy and reconnect them to the rest of the economy and to history and say, okay, where else are these problems arising? So I think a lot of these problems start to become a lot simpler the moment we realise that the internet didn’t invent them.

As an alternative to including a bold claim, another way to create a hook is by addressing a key objection in your header.

Lack of performance (slowness, data loss) destroys the feeling of mastery. The resulting emotional state, I should be in control but I’m not! makes people feel angry.

Most of today’s consumer tech giants monetize through ads: Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snap, YouTube. Virtual worlds are the next generation of consumer tech, and they’ll monetize through commerce—through virtual economies and marketplaces.