After smartphones; Creator economy; Restoring nature
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For knowledge workers (is that even a thing?), switching to remote work has made it even harder to prove that what you’re spending your time on during the day is both productive and valuable.
Personally, I worry that people think that when I’m not in a meeting or on a call, I’m just kicking back and scrolling through Twitter. This is half true, but you know what I mean.
For those, like me, who tend to overshare on tools like Slack – hey, here’s a great article I just read to prove that I’m working! – we feel a desperate need to highlight our attempts to…work.
This could be called LARPing, after the acronym Live Action Role Play, in the sense that, whilst remote, we are on a mission to show that every billable hour is spent wisely and in the best interests of the company.
Sound familiar? Here’s a long read about the topic.
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❶ What comes after smartphones?
I didn’t know this, but generally speaking the tech industry re-centers approximately every 15 years; as in, something groundbreaking will happen. Smartphones are coming up to that point, so what’s next? Time to go and buy your Google Glasses, I suppose.
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❷ The Creator Economy Needs a Middle Class
This is a wild thought, but makes total sense. Think about influencers on YouTube, Instagram, or Tiktok and think about how unrealistic that is. We have few very famous people at the top, and an awful lot of people creating content with no recognition whatsoever. Now align this to our economy and we can see a situation with a huge lower class and a miniscule upper class. So how can the creators at the bottom start to see more equality, and who knows maybe even make a living?
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❸ Can we restore nature?
Let’s finish on a nice long read. This article takes a unique look at the destruction of nature, and questions whether we could approach restoration in the way that an art restorer would look at an old painting. Let’s hope we don’t restore nature in the way that those hilarious Christian frescos were sabotaged.
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The year the music stopped
Remember gigs? Weren’t they fun. This podcast is guest hosted by singer and poet Arlo Parks, and she interviews musicians from bands like Radiohead and Foals to discuss what 2020 has been like for those that typically spend their entire lives on the road touring.
Listen to this podcast (29 minutes)
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Luis Ouriach
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