For the longest part of our history, humans lived as hunter-gatherers who neither experienced economic growth nor worried about its absence. Instead of working many hours each day in order to acquire as much as possible, our nature—insofar as we have one—has been to do the minimum amount of work necessary to underwrite a good life.
Writing allowed for the durable storage of knowledge independently of human beings. Not only can written knowledge outlive a particular individual, it can outlive a whole culture.
Artify was an american company founded around the idea that businesses and individuals could enjoy renting artworks on-demand to display at venues, homes etc. In 2012, it received funding from Peter Thiel in an oversubscribed round and was a great topic for excitement in SV, but was shut down a year later; This sparked me to wonder : why the sudden... See more