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The pitch is simple. “They get to feel good about themselves. They get to diversify the revenue. And they don’t have to take a financial hit because we’re able to deliver the sales that they want.”
Sarah Scire • Bookshop, a new startup, is offering publications bigger kickbacks than Amazon (and the thrill of battling Bezos)
Have you ever felt awe and exhilaration while contemplating a vista of jagged, snow-capped mountains? Or been fascinated but also a bit unsettled while beholding a thunderous waterfall such as Niagara? Or felt existentially insignificant but strangely exalted while gazing up at the clear, starry night sky? If so, then you’ve had an experience of
... See moreSandra Shapshay • At once tiny and huge: what is this feeling we call ‘sublime’? | Aeon Ideas
The other side of that idea – that everyone’s a creator – is that everyone’s also an investor. Time and energy are investments, even if they’re not always monetized. With an explicit financial layer in the form of tokens, users get a material stake in the platforms they use the most. The recent ENS airdrop is a good example of how this could work,... See more
Coindesk • Money for Everything: A Future Where Every Inch of Culture Is Monetized
It is an unusual, once-in-a-lifetime, super-charging event for companies such as Clear and its surveillance rivals, rebranding themselves while becoming an answer for companies, offices, and agencies everywhere contemplating how to safely reopen.
Steve LeVine • Our Economy Was Just Blasted Years Into the Future
There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler” mindset, our end goals are “finalizing” (home, marriage, career, etc.) in a world that was made for evolution, in selves that do nothing but grow and expand and change. People with “explorer” mindsets are able to actually enjoy what they have and experience... See more
brianna wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
To start, curators are individuals who find, organize, and share their favorite content and products in an authentic way — not because they’re being paid to shill a certain product.
Mike Raab • Forget Influencers—The Future is Curators
Opinion | Jeff Bezos: The Hard Truth: Americans Don’t Trust the News Media - The Washington Post
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Simple, portable payments solutions attached to major platforms, like Apple Pay, will reduce friction to a minimum. This in turn empowers small vendors at the cost of the likes of Amazon, which still generally requires you to go to it to buy things. That monolith will be tough to topple, but small businesses are going to find out that you can live... See more