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Individuals As The New Atomic Unit
- Individuals are the atomic unit of the internet economy and gain power from differentiation and direct relationships with audiences.
- When individuals recombine voluntarily they form emergent, goal‑driven collaborations that outperform rigid institutions on many micro opportunities.
Play To Your Differentiation
- Understand what you're uniquely good at and seek collaborators with complementary skills to form liquid partnerships.
- Bring differentiation and clarity on how you want to play to increase your value in cooperative projects.
The Smiling Curve Reapportions Value
- The 'smiling curve' shows value accruing to creators and aggregators while middlemen get crushed by the internet.
- Tools like Substack and Opolis let creators capture distribution and monetization themselves, shrinking publisher value.