Sterling Proffer
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Sterling Proffer
“There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars
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The Feynman Lectures Recordings
feynmanlectures.caltech.eduThe Adjacent Users are aware of a product and possibly tried using the it, but are not able to successfully become an engaged user. This is typically because the current product positioning or experience has too many barriers to adoption for them.
Bangaly Kaba • The Adjacent User Theory
Left-Curving DAOs
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In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed.
Before the internet, being an artist meant operating in a very specific area where the gatekeepers, critics, and ways of doing things were well-structured and defined. You as the artist plugged into this system if invited (most artists... See more
instagram.comIf tiktok makes the music world look and act more banal, it also, in some cases, makes it sound that way too. One fad is songs that take kindergarten-friendly gimmicks—a countdown, a sound effect—and add adult profanity, making for a cocktail of relatability.
Spencer Kornhaber • TikTok Killed the Video Star
Trumpkin’s Notes On Building A Sauna | LocalMile
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Let’s cut to the chase. If this TikTok-ification of the music biz continues, what will be the end result? Here it is, in a single sentence: Only unsuccessful musicians still need a label. Think over the deep implications of that fact.
Ted Gioia • Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.
Great art, even good art, relies on the existence of individuals who are able to devote the lion’s share of their energy to producing it—in other words, professionals.