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There’s another group of platforms out there that don’t just disperse retail, but disperse creativity. Etsy — a pandemic winner whose prosperity is nothing short of inspiring — enables artisans to reach a global audience. YouTube made video stars out of millions, and now TikTok is leapfrogging YouTube in the mobile space. Substack, Patreon, and Onl... See more
Scott Galloway • Roblox and the Dispersal of Creativity | No Mercy / No Malice
Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA since 2014, is among those taking note and reforming the organisation she leads in response: she quickly realised that the organisation’s model was ‘allowing people to outsource their sense of agency; outsource their civic engagement to us. We were saying: give us 20 bucks a month to become a “mem
... See moreBrian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Although he was largely an observer of the technical community that created Silicon Valley, his various ideas and crusades around the Whole Earth Catalog, which he created in the fall of 1968, foreshadow and resonate with the techno-utopian culture that the Valley spawned.
John Markoff • Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Zoë Akihary on Substack
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But as we’ve seen, monetization is only one dimension to the platform legitimacy crisis. It’s not just about money: it’s about agency and autonomy, and having the opportunity to participate in decisions that directly impact your livelihood. It’s about breaking the unilateral power that platforms hold as centralized points of control in the ecosyste... See more
Katie Parrott • Legitimacy Lost
At Maxwell we’re trying to reframe social clubs to be around this idea of inclusive exclusivity - you may not be able to get into the Soho Maxwell, maybe it’s full or you just aren’t friends with those people. Or maybe you can’t afford it, but that’s ok because we’re creating a system within which multiple Maxwells can be started at various price p... See more