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So like with Patreon. Let’s say 4 months ago you had five people subscribing or being a patron to your stuff, but now you have a thousand people, and so you’ve scaled it up, but you still only had to make one video to earn more. So it’s a sort of scaling factor.
Li Jin • Li Jin on The Passion Economy & Its Hidden Currency
The more you hate a trait in someone else, the more likely you are avoiding it in yourself.People who can’t trust, can’t be trusted.The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they’ll be.The more you fail, the more likely you are to succeed.The more something scares you, the more you should probably do it.The more afraid you are of death... See more
Mark Manson • 20 Paradoxes That Are True | Mark Manson
The whole point of existing in this world is to produce culture, and the elimination of low-value work (burger flipping etc) can be a boon to cultural creation.
David Hoffman • The Future of Work on Bankless
You should expect that (if you're lucky!) your spouse—and maybe one good friend—will read and understand your work, but that as a general rule: the people who are closest to you will care and understand the least. Their very familiarity breeds a kind of incomprehension of anything that goes beyond the person they thought they knew.
Luke Burgistwitter.comgood reminder. no reason to expect your fam/friends to understand your work.
If you want to improve your writing, start by becoming a better note-taker.
Here are 10 ways to do that:
1. Save only the best notes: Don't hoard information. Save your top 5-10% of ideas only. That way, you can trust that everything in your note-taking system is high-quality.
twitter.comtwitter.comFinally, when young people who “want to help mankind” come to me asking, “What should I do? I want to reduce poverty, save the world,” and similar noble aspirations at the macro-level, my suggestion is: 1) Never engage in virtue signaling; 2) Never engage in rent-seeking; 3) You must start a business. Put yourself on the line, start a business.
Nassim Taleb • Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
This behaviour has been greatly exacerbated by the advent of a new and even more disruptive digital music technology: on-demand streaming. While iTunes was technically innovative, its business model was not.
Matthew Ball • How Technology Shapes Content and Business Models (Or Audio’s Opportunity and Who Will Capture It) — MatthewBall.co
