So what makes sense is to build new institutions from the rubble of the independence economy, which looks like reimagining very useful organizations like the newspaper or the record label from the bottom up, based upon agreements between previously atomized creators.

*  Distrust in media and legacy organizations (education, big tech, government,etc) * Frustration with lack of transparency of government and disconnect between public and private entities* Increasing time spent online and facilitation of funds (crowdsourcing)* Creator Economy and the Great Resignation (a return to seeking autonomy and individ... See more

About MetalabelAbstracting the concept of a label away from the music industry: it’s a hyperstructure (borrowing the term of Jacob Horne from Zora) that I call the metalabel. It’s a person or group of people creating a common identity for a shared purpose producing public releases that manifests their point of view.