Dark Forest
The Dark Forest and the Post-Individual
Earlier this week I spoke with the writer Nadia Asparahouva, author of the great book Working in Public.
In our
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Metalabel
We're already in creative groups, they're just not yet self-aware
The creative world asks to be remade. Tells us it must be remade. It’s waiting for one of us
Entrepreneurship
How to build a newthing
How does one build a newthing?
Do you start with the parts? Do you start with the ends? Where does
Dark Forest
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
Five years ago back when this list was less than 500 people, I sent a post about how I felt
Crypto
When the means justify the ends
This is the transcript of a talk I gave as part of the Summer of Protocols series hosted by Venkatesh
Music
Andre 3000 live at Crown Hill Theater
Last night I and a few hundred other curious souls filed into the Crown Hill Theater in Brooklyn for the
Creativity
The prestige recession
My first career was as a music critic. It started with writing for Pitchfork in some of the first years
Scenes
Themes from the past year
A year ago this week, my family and I moved back to NYC.
The previous five years we were on
Crypto
Climbing out of the rabbit hole
“Climbing out of the rabbit hole” is a private Google Doc circulated to friends sharing Metalabel’s reflections on the
Creativity
The Parable of the Three Lakes
Before hikes, my partner encourages our family to ask nature a question.
On a recent hike in British Columbia, I
Entrepreneurship
Notes on hiring
Over the past decade-plus I’ve hired many dozens of people. Many of these hires went spectacularly well, and I
Creativity
The cultural Doppler effect
The Doppler effect is what makes a siren change tones as it whooshes by. Because of the physics of sound
Entrepreneurship
On having a 1-of-1 purpose
A unique purpose is something people will advise having in a theoretical way (I did it in this post last
Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
Creativity
Worldbuilding is creative resilience
“Artists excel at creating worlds. They do this first for themselves and then, when they share their work, for others…
The internet
The internet feels small here
When I first moved to NYC fresh out of college my stepfather told me something I never forgot. “Be careful,
Creativity
What's after the creator economy?
Metalabel and co-matter recently collaborated to produce a zine called After the Creator Economy that explores the online lives of
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Reinventing the record
Once upon a time twenty-plus years ago, people spent $100 a week on music, books, and magazines, directly supporting the