The economics of dark forest spaces
In the world of online platforms there’s a well-known pattern called the 90-9-1 rule. It says that in most
Dark Forest Theory
Essays in the Dark Forest Theory of the Internet series
Defining groupcore
In a recent post I wrote that Metalabel’s focus is groupcore: software, tools, economics, spaces, and ideas that help
The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside
Dark Forests rule everything around us. Signal chats to plan wars? Check. Private group chats where rival athletes discuss injuries?
Private first, public when ready
I recently read Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson, an exquisite historical science-fiction novel about the Italian scientist’s
The economics of self-publishing a book
Last year, a dozen writers (including me) published a book together about how we live online. No publishers, no complex