The online creators are powering a new cultural renaissance. They are the driving force for the future of content, learning, social networks, Direct-To-Consumer brands, start-up ideas, and open source projects. The creator community is the new start-up school for entrepreneurship.
- Everybody being able to spend all day creating things, whether "practical" or not, is what Karl Marx envisioned as the communist utopia (Perhaps a neo-Marxist, Andrew Yang also believes that once people are given $1000/month, they will spend more time writing poetry and making sculpture, etc)
- Another Marxist aspect of the creator economy: An important attribute of a creator is that she owns her output and is directly in touch with her customers. This is unlike polishing screws at a big factory, where you don't get to see your final output and have no idea who your customers are -- a phenomenon that Marx labeled "alienation"
- In a way, a, say, 10-person startup is a bit like a creator's studio, where employees all see the final output, are connected with the end customers, and enjoy a familial camaraderie with each other. YC and Naval Ravikant both champion a world where most companies are small, tightly-knit, and highly productive. Maybe this is a version of the creator's economy as well
I'm particularly interested in how people have time to learn, and if learners follow a certain pattern. That is:
How does anyone have time to do anything anymore, let alone learning? White-collar jobs, jobs that typically associate with learners, seem to take up so much of one's active hours. And myriad forms of lazy entertainment (netflix and video games) are huge time sinks too.
Who has the luxury of time to learn? Does this break down by income, age, education level, gender, race, geographical location?
The China angle is also interesting and can be its own piece!
BTW what have you learned from musical theory? Could you provide a summary? Would love to learn!
- Everybody being able to spend all day creating things, whether "practical" or not, is what Karl Marx envisioned as the communist utopia (Perhaps a neo-Marxist, Andrew Yang also believes that once people are given $1000/month, they will spend more time writing poetry and making sculpture, etc)
- Another Marxist aspect of the creator economy: An important attribute of a creator is that she owns her output and is directly in touch with her customers. This is unlike polishing screws at a big factory, where you don't get to see your final output and have no idea who your customers are -- a phenomenon that Marx labeled "alienation"
- In a way, a, say, 10-person startup is a bit like a creator's studio, where employees all see the final output, are connected with the end customers, and enjoy a familial camaraderie with each other. YC and Naval Ravikant both champion a world where most companies are small, tightly-knit, and highly productive. Maybe this is a version of the creator's economy as well
I'm particularly interested in how people have time to learn, and if learners follow a certain pattern. That is:
How does anyone have time to do anything anymore, let alone learning? White-collar jobs, jobs that typically associate with learners, seem to take up so much of one's active hours. And myriad forms of lazy entertainment (netflix and video games) are huge time sinks too.
Who has the luxury of time to learn? Does this break down by income, age, education level, gender, race, geographical location?