🔮 Creators; epistemologies; Apple ripening; thinking ESG; Chinese hackers & lucid dreaming ++ #337

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The creator dilemma

🕺 The halcyon days of the internet’s early years was a non-commercial era. The internet was everyone’s printing press, but that soon gave way to a centralised commercial enterprise model. Today, millions of creators in all fields use the internet to share their work and acquire new audiences but struggle to earn an equitable living. But the times they are a-changin’. YouTube said this week that it has paid out more than $30 billion to creators in the past three years from ads, merchandising and other service features. In a nod to the clout of creators (and their ability to organise an outcry), OnlyFans reversed its pros…