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The most economically powerful thing you can do is to buy something for your own enjoyment that also improves the world. This has always been the value proposition of journalism and art. It’s a nonexclusive good that’s best enjoyed nonexclusively.
Unlocking the Commons and Collective Micropatronage
kottke.org
I think I learned this in Tom Sach's studio. He had this ethic:
> Any job, big or small, do it well, or not at all. Once a job has begun, do not stop until it's done.
And then Tom even made these little stickers and they said "Crusty The Clown's Seal of Approval: It's not just good, it's good enough!"
Is PERFECTIONISM a Form of COWARDICE?
Van Neistat
The single biggest thing Substack accomplished was *legitimizing* a Schelling point: interesting intellectuals can charge money for doing their thing and people who interested in the life of the mind should pay for their output. The Schelling point, the place at which these two groups would choose to meet without any coordination mechanism, was the writer’s Substack.
BAM Is Now Reader-Supported
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
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