Saved by Lillian Sheng
Internet and the murmurs of post-modernity in China
- 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 cont
Ted Gioia • The State of the Culture
What does this mean? All of the infrastructure and services that were once optimized for physical SMBs / mom-and-pops need to be overhauled to accommodate internet-first businesses. If you were a YouTuber and you walked into Bank of America asking for a small business loan, you would be met with a quizzical look followed by a polite but firm dismis... See more
Chris Paik • The American Dream is Going Digital
A New Entertainment Model, The Imagination Economy, Amateurization, and the Four Components of the Metaverse