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I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/by/ezra-kleinnytimes.com
The rule is simple: Do not be a commodity. Do not be easily comparable to other people who have, roughly, the same set of skills and the same background. The rule may be simple, but its history and implications are incredibly rich.
Adam Davidson • The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century
But social media has created a mass ability to publish images and curate them. On Tumblr and Pinterest and Are.na, you can group images into categories and comment on them. Through cheaper, consumer-grade media production tools, ideas once restricted to the underground or the zine now have glossy indie magazines, self-burnt mixtapes, and dozens of... See more
Toby Shorin • Life After Lifestyle
Search engines, social networks, content platforms, publications with influence, word of mouth—none of them work unless people engage and amplify. That “amplification” looks very different from channel to channel, of course. In word of mouth, it’s literally whether someone talks or types about you. With publications, it’s whether their editor(s)... See more
Rand Fishkin • Who Will Amplify This? And Why? - SparkToro
This is the publishing paradox nowadays: opportunities come to you in direct proportion to your ability to operate without them.
Ted Gioia • Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.
Stop optimizing for a CAC:LTV ratio of 1:3
elenaverna.substack.com
4. Capture meaningful cultural moments: NFTs are not valuable because of “utility” or vague notions of community. The real value of NFTs comes from the “meaning” they represent as the cultural artifacts of communities.
Justin De Marco • The Musician’s Guide to Web3
John Muir Misquote: When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world - but the correct quote is actually -...
vault.sierraclub.orgSmall Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
E.F. Schumacher • 5 highlights
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economic growth and