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contention. I end 2018 ranked in the top five female tournament players.
Maria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Devin and Alice were frustrated that crypto was insular, complex, and intimidating. Crypto had bled into finance, art, and gaming, but crypto hadn’t truly come to disrupt media or culture, and it certainly wasn’t yet mainstream. They set out to change that.
Rex Woodbury • Mad Realities and the Rise of User-Owned Content
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Emma Seppala • The Happiness Track
She also agreed to be barred from being an officer or director in a public company for ten years.
John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
But the Yglesias profile’s very existence reminds us of an important rule of thumb for navigating the content economy in the 21st century: Under the present regime, there is no real downside risk to posting. You might lose a small handful of subscribers or followers if you overwhelm their inbox, or write an egregiously bad post -- but on balance yo
... See moreMatthew Yglesias • Matt Yglesias and the Secret of Blogging
If you’re lucky, perhaps something you post will temporarily spark a surge of engagement, but those same spectators, exhausted by the onslaught, will soon shift their weary attentions to the next recommended item flowing close behind. This relentless pace rewards passive consumption, not active interaction with individual creators. The winner-take-... See more
Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
Au: Two big things. First, if you give a user community powerful enough creator tools, what they create in these worlds will be far more interesting than anything a major company can officially create. In terms of the culture of a metaverse environment and the community’s experiences in a place like Second Life, that’s remained true since 2003.
The Atlantic • Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse
But as the market gets more and more competitive — and the platforms and their algorithms remain unreliable — creators are devising new, hyper-specific revenue streams.