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The impact of AI is misunderstood — AI will primarily automate tasks, not eliminate entire jobs

The move to independent direct fan-audience relationship, I think, is naturally going to evolve to one that is more financial in nature, where you’re not just backing a creator just simply to get access but also for potential upside. And that may sound, initially, a little bit off, right, because profit maximization is not the sole reason you want... See more

lasting culture cannot be automated and meaningful creativity cannot be manufactured

“Individual creators have the option of either tokenizing their work or not – if people feel uncomfortable with that, they can continue carrying on with their current behaviors,” Jin said. “But even though it’s not explicit today, there is already this implicit financialization of your work.”

To date, however, the market for maintaining and improving forests is extremely limited. It consists primarily of two parts: a timber market for industrial usage (paper, construction) and a nascent market in carbon offsets. In the latter, forest owners receive payments with a view towards the carbon captured by their trees. This market has suffered... See more

In Issue #51, I addressed the trust shift away from institutions and towards individuals. The reasons for this are varied — but tools have a lot to do with it. We didn’t have easy to use tools to make an independent career possible before, we do now.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.