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The great mathematician Gottfried Leibniz who is credited with being one of the inventors of calculus, once said that
> Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
Implicit in this statement is the notion that all of us who appreciate music must, on at least a subconscious level, be appreciating its mathematical structure.
Mathematics of Music
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It's terrible, I used to be cute, that's the trouble. If I was always ugly it would have been fine.
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Let me just take a look in the mirror so I can get really nauseous.
EP.02 YOU SOUND LIKE MY F*ING MOTHER With Street Photographer Jill Freedman
Wrong Side Of The Lens
But just as the gig economy mode of work brought about negative consequences, strong parallels are emerging between the gig economy and creator economy, rooted in the commoditization of work and erosion of worker leverage. For online creators today, a handful of large social media platforms serve as gatekeepers for finding and connecting with audiences. While these platforms provide valuable services to creators, including the tools for content creation, hosting, and discovery, there is an immense power imbalance between platforms and creators, who are reliant on platforms for distribution.
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