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Derek Thompson • Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
“Our respect for attention is in decline. Timeless and eternal truths are forgotten in favor of breaking news and "what's trending."
Instead of deliberately choosing what to consume, we surrender to opaque algorithms that don’t always have our best interests in mind.
The alternative is an intentional and self-directed information diet - the pursuit
... See moreKnowing where to go and what to do is the currency that, in the modern aspiration economy, makes curators more important than influencers.
andjelicaaa.substack.com • Move Over Influencers, Here Come Curators
By 2020, the New York Times turned things around.
The (Not Failing) New York Times — Mine Safety Disclosures
A digital file, when intersected with the ubiquity and scale of the internet, can be “seen” by anyone. NFTs push the notion even further. By adding to the ideas of abundance and scale those of passionate distribution, patronage, the day-one fan and, yes, ownership. Concepts associated with scarcity, now distributed out to the abundant world at... See more
Andy Weissman • On art and business and context and mirrors
Here's what I've learned about launching online products.
1. Give tons of free stuff away.
The Internet rewards people who teach. Share your best ideas for free, and you will attract an audience of like-minded people. Build an audience before you launch your first product.
David Perelltwitter.comPassive index flows rarely consider price or valuation. And now, the stock market is not where insiders go to raise money, it’s where they go to cash out."
Unanchored - Epsilon Theory
“Infinite” ad inventory is an important concept created by the internet. The scarcity on the number of newspaper ads (paper space) or TV ads (commercial time) meant that inventory was limited.