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At the same time, we are witnessing the growth of influencers in more business and intellectual spheres. Their playground? Substack, Roam Research, Notion, Gumroad, and so on, which is a change from the Instagram sparkles and glitter decorum.

But sometimes the mystery escapes even practitioners: many of the selfless contributors Eghbal quotes have trouble making ends meet, and either do freelance consulting on the very code they created, set up Patreons like other struggling artists, or hold down day jobs often not even related to their projects.

I myself write online of course and I will continue to do so but save for this essay, this latest contribution to the thousands of terabytes of jeremiads that festoon the worldwide web, I don’t have much to say about our online world anymore. I’m tired of it. Half an hour or so a day is ample time to catch up with my online community of people and ... See more

There are massive recent success stories that illustrate the above four points.

The third piece is essential to understanding the Lemonade bull case. Their renter’s insurance product is incrementally cost-competitive only because overhead dominates their competitors' costs, and Lemonade’s cost structure is more fixed. But in 2019 they spent $175m in operating expenses to produce $13.1m in gross profit, which is not a sustainab... See more

There are two fundamental patterns of social organization which I term “plaza” and “warrens”.

Although we have the ability to access nearly all recorded music from our smartphones, we’ve sacrificed intimacy for urgency. Twitter and Instagram provide followers access to their favorite performers with the touch of a button, but there is no sense of real connection.