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What humans do best is see information in our environment, synthesize it, and connect it with related ideas in novel ways. But it’s much harder for us to come up with something out of nothing.
Writing With Machines
every.to
The trend that Substack is part of is not a newsletter trend, or even the much-hyped creator economy. We are part of a seismic shift in the media economy that is all about writer and creator ownership and independence. When writers are in charge, they can do the work they believe is most important, have a direct relationship with their readers, and have the potential to make far more money than they could get from being an employee who produces content for others to own and disseminate. Our fellow travelers in this trend are not email service providers or legacy news organizations, but the likes of Shopify, Twitch, Patreon, OnlyFans, and Discord. This subset of the media economy is thriving. It is entirely different to what some people think of when they talk about a “newsletter economy.”
Please Stop Calling It the ‘Newsletter Economy’
on.substack.com
Some people look at the list with year-in-review nostalgia; others see the results as a psychological evaluation. There are also those who try to cheat: In the weeks leading up to the Wrapped release, some people will stream specific songs over and over or tweak settings to listen to some artists privately to get the Wrapped results they want.
Inside Spotify Wrapped, an Annual Song of Ourselves
wsj.com
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