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But though Patreon’s made significant progress toward its goal to “fund the creative class,” I think its business model is now under threat, specifically because most of the large social media platforms have realized that there’s real money to be made from taking a cut of subscriptions that are driven by their creators. Over the past few years, sev... See more

A great brand story, followed by a consistently excellent execution of that story across all customer touchpoints, drives value.

Isba has called for an immediate investigation into the “unknown delta” that is extracting one-third of supply chain spend, a move which will require industry collaboration, and for standardisation across “a range” of contractual and technological areas.

The repugnant conclusion of never-ending well-being arbitrage: everyone ends up with a life that is just barely above the subsistence level. Effective altruism wants to arbitrage all the extra happiness away and fairly distribute it amongst the global population.

“Are we sure we can do this again? Do we still have what it takes? Is the recipe for success still valid?” One day they woke up and said, “No.” That humility solidified their legacy.

Third, BaaG gives humans more agency than a future in which AI and robots are able to do everything that humans do now, however far in the future that day may be.