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The fastest growing sector of the culture economy is distraction . Or call it scrolling or swiping or wasting time or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment, just ceaseless activity.
The key is that each stimulus only lasts a few seconds, and must be repeated.
The key is that each stimulus only lasts a few seconds, and must be repeated.
Ted Gioia • The State of the Culture, 2024
Instead of movies, users get served up an endless sequence of 15-second videos. Instead of symphonies, listeners hear bite-sized melodies, usually accompanied by one of these tiny videos—just enough for a dopamine hit, and no more.
This is the new culture. And its most striking feature is the absence of Culture (with a capital C) or even mindless entertainment—both get replaced by compulsive activity.
Shopify has come from nowhere (well, Canada) to over $100bn of GMV in 2020
Benedict Evans • The Great Unbundling
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There is at least one person out there who wants this specific version of you – your current state of mind, feelings, and interests. Creation helps you find that person.
Shreyas Hariharan • The Goal is Resonance | Shreyas Hariharan
Am I make an extreme generalizations here? It sounds like I’m saying that…
Culture that reduces everything to lines and boxes tends to be emotionally stifled, disconnected from community, and cut off from holistic thinking.
Culture that embraces the circular and the curved (especially in counter-clockwise movement) is healthier, more centered and whole, more likely to build connections with others.
“I like to find people who are the best in the goddamn world at their job and then empower them and give them money.”
Jimmy Donaldson (Mr Beast) • MrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
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