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Though Harper received requests to open up salons in other cities, she refused to expand until a certain number of women in that community signed a petition. A shrewd operator, she was keenly aware of market testing.

“We're basically mediating our lives and our communication through these small, glowing rectangles. I think that that's not really how people are made to interact. A lot of the meetings that we have today, you're looking at a grid of faces on a screen. That's not how we process things, either.”

Which is why I say, over and over again, there’s no need to withhold information.

-You can also make commitments to other network participants such as developers. There's no platform that can change the rules, take rates, APIs, etc.

Ponder this: “If it’s true that attention is the only scarcity we have in this world of abundance, how come you and I are giving our attention away for free?” – Kevin Kelly

There's been a major breakthrough in gaming due to the free-to-play games like League of Legends and Fortnite which act more like platforms, instead of $60/piece one time purchases. Low computational needs – you don’t need a gaming PC to play them.

All of this erodes the value of ‘traditional’ media companies and cultural institutions since individuals will be more able to provide proof of passion without branded legitimization and artists will be able to fund their creative endeavors by selling proof of passion to their engaged communities. There will also be major downsides to transforming ... See more