In other words, centralization is a second order effect of decentralization: when all constraints on content are removed, more power than ever accrues to the entity that is the preferred choice for navigating that content; moreover, that power compounds on itself in a virtuous feedback loop.
I'm thrilled excited to announce that @CircleApp has raised a $24.7m Series A led by Tiger Global at a $200m valuation!
This round will help us become the defacto all-in-one community platform for all creators and brands next year.
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The internet, we could say, is still running in a fairly agrarian economy, as that most precious digital commodity—data—is consigned to the localities of individual platforms: Spotify, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and, yes, Facebook. The metaverse, Zuckerberg suggests, is a railroad between these local economies that lets them exchange data with the... See more
I have a particular line of questioning around this:-What’s the hardest you’ve ever worked on something?-How many hours were you working a week?-Why did you work so hard? Why did you care?-When were you the most unmotivated in your life?-What’s the thing you’re the most proud of?-Do you think it was worth it?
The present work examines the role of creativity-contingent monetary versus social-recognition rewards on creative performance and provides new insights into the underlying motivational processes through which these rewards affect consumer creativity. A series of five studies demonstrate that within the context of creativity contingency, monetary... See more