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therefore necessary to introduce some elements of centralization and complexity as a stopgap pending more widespread consumer adoption of cryptocurrency. Thus, when examining the primary financial relationship Koji facilitates—that between an audience and a creator via web-based in-app purchases (a simple example of which would be a tip jar app)—we... See more

• A hundred thousand songs are uploaded daily to streaming platforms.


• In the last year 1.7 million books were self-published.


• 2,500 videos are uploaded to YouTube each minute.


• There are now 3 million podcasts—and 30 million podcast episodes were released last year.


• 86% of youngsters want to grow up to become influencers, and contribute to these

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One way to look at shutdown startups is, there is a reason these products no longer exist, so why bother?

models, despite their reputation for impartiality, reflect goals and ideology

This glorification of action over thought is reflected in Silicon Valley's culture and canonical texts. Books like Zero to One or essays like It's Time to Build emphasize the urgent need to create, innovate, hack, and iterate on products with vast social consequences, rather than the responsibility of technologists to pause, reflect, and introspect... See more

Art and the artist both suffer most when the artist gets too heavy, too focused on results.

At worst this worldview can lead to the esoteric, or the novel for novelty’s sake. But at its best it can feel liberating—permission to “disregard the words” and just build what feels exciting. Trusting that the words will follow.