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To bring projects like the one described above to fruition, new infrastructure is needed that borrows from open-source software communities and beyond. You can imagine a range of tools, including recruitment and application management, process mining to identify new discrete stages in the creative process, and sophisticated forking tools.

How does this technology empower me? At whose expense?

When I think about organizing I think about two things: who’s it for and what’s it for? To answer the first question: it’s for you.

Fortunately for Amazon, and perhaps critical to much of its growth over the years, perhaps the single most important asymptote was one we identified very early on... You don't even need to rewind to that time to remember what that factor is because I suspect it's the same asymptote governing e-commerce and many other related businesses today.

Incentives to create content drastically improve when the creator has clear income opportunity rather than creating for views/engagement

UX is arguably the most important piece of any consumer facing application. Apple built its success upon simple UX. Consumers listen to music because they love their favorite artists. Consumers watch their favorite videos for entertainment. Consumers play games because they are fun and engaging. No one will shy away from free tokens. But consumers... See more