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  1. The problem with trying to measure productivity is that it measures only how well people can do the wrong jobs. Any job that can be measured for productivity probably should be eliminated from the list of jobs that people do.
    -- Kevin Kelly (New Rules for the New Economy)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #KevinKelly #Productivity #Work

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

  2. How GenAI is taking true fans activity – and creativity – to the next level

    Walled Culture has written a number of times about the true fans approach – the idea that creators can be supported directly and effectively by the people who love their work. As Walled Culture the book explains (available as a free ebook), one of the earliest and best expositions of the concept came from Kevin Kelly, former Executive Editor at Wired magazine, in an essay he wrote originally […]

    #ai #creativity #disney #ecosystem #fanArt #fanfic #genai #kevinKelly #london #madrid #midiaResearch #newYork #openai #sora #tokyo #trueFans #universalMusicGroup

    walledculture.org/how-genai-is

  3. Bookmark of '101 Additional Advices'
    #advice
    #quotes
    #KevinKelly
    On his 74th Birthday Kevin Kelly offers another 101 pieces of advice to his children. I especially liked:
    If you think someone is normal, you don’t know them very well. Normalcy is a fiction. Your job is to discover their weird genius.
    kk.org/thetechnium/101-additio
    synesthesia.co.uk/stream/bookm

  4. Dit weekend had ik een blog bedacht die eventjes heel kritisch zou zijn op een bepaald type mens. Maar toen bedacht ik me; nee, dat is niet wat ik wil delen.

    Niet dat ik niet vind wat ik had bedacht. Of dat ik die kritiek niet heb. Ik sta daar achter.

    Maar ik wil mijn site daar denk ik niet voor gebruiken. Er zijn al genoeg mensen die klagen (zie Twitter […]

    https://janvandenberg.blog/wat-probeer-ik-hier-te-doen/

  5. Of true fans and superfans: the rise of an alternative business model to copyright

    One of the commonest arguments from supporters of copyright is that creators need to be rewarded and that copyright is the only realistic way of doing that. The first statement may be true, but the second certainly isn’t. As Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) notes, most art was created without copyright, when the dominant way of rewarding […]

    #businessModels #kevinKelly #lucianGrainge #superfans #trueFans #umg

    https://walledculture.org/of-true-fans-and-superfans-the-rise-of-an-alternative-business-model-to-copyright/

  6. Connecting and respecting

    The idea of narrowing the number of people we’re intending to serve with our creative efforts is freeing. Kevin Kelly‘s 1000 True Fans is liberating in the sense that it frees us from having to imagine: How am I supposed to create something that excites and engages with millions of people. But even “just” those 1,000 fans is a daunting group to imagine.

    It turns out that finding, connecting and respecting a small group of supporters and customers always outperforms the hustle for more. And that if you can create a remarkable story that’s worth spreading, it’ll spread. Not because you need it to, but because your customers do.

    ~ Seth Godin from, The reluctant spammer

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    Unfortunately, I’ve not yet found my people. Yes, certainly, people tell me they love what I create—but I’ve not yet found something that goes beyond being interesting to people. I’ve not yet found something that solves a problem for them… Excites them to action… Enables them to create something of their own…

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    #7ForSunday #KevinKelly #SethGodin

  7. "@Daojoan goes into some of the reasons…including a dive into the numbers that show that #KevinKelly’s 1000 True Fans idea (like pretty much everything the man has written) is an unrealistic fantasy.
    [:))]
    That’s not how it plays out in real markets, on the platforms we have.
    The difference in effort it takes to sell a subscription versus a regular product such as an ebook is dramatic…"
    @baldur
    baldurbjarnason.com/2024/media

  8. Civility

    At the kickoff of an unusually long issue of 7 for Sunday, I’ll try to keep this first part short, because (as I often say, because I really do mean it) I appreciate your time and attention, and I don’t take it for granted.

    Civility fades in the face of entitlement.

    ~ Seth Godin from, No thank you | Seth’s Blog

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    Godin’s point—that sometimes we choose to assert that something was ours to take, when in fact someone was kind enough to give a gift—really landed for me. I’m reminded of a recently-run-here quote from Kevin Kelly about the growth opportunities pointed to by irritation with others.

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    #7ForSunday #Civility #Gratitude #KevinKelly #SethGodin

  9. Frustration

    Learning to distinguish the map versus the territory is an essential step. It’s critical to learn what a map is, and what maps are good for, in order to proceed with one’s life. Maps enable me to see and do things otherwise impossible; maps reveal unknown unknowns. Maps can also frustrate me endlessly. Sometimes I don’t want to have an opinion; I don’t want to spend the energy to have an opinion. I don’t care how I get from here to there. Just. Tell. Me. how to get there. And of course nothing in this paragraph has to do with literal maps of the world— I’m not talking about cartography nor driving directions.

    On closer examination, it turns out there are many things wrong with it. Thousand True Fans is a hollow philosophy. It is Chicken Soup for the Digital Creator’s Soul, ultimately devoid of any real nutritional value.

    ~ Dave Karpf from, The Hollow Core of Kevin Kelly’s “Thousand True Fans” Theory

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    Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fans is a map, before it there was another map, The Cluetrain Manifesto, and there were others. When you find a new-to-you map it opens your mind to new possibilities. I would assume the first children’s books I encountered were astounding, but wouldn’t have the same effect today. (I’m not denigrating either of those works; I’m not suggesting they are “children’s books”.)

    But I do get frustrated. I see a terrific map, and then I want to make a terrific next “move”. That’s not how maps work, Craig. You look at the map, then you take the next small step informed by everything you know, including the new perspective from the new map. You write one sentence (for example, on a page soliciting support for your work) and that’s informed by all the maps you’ve previously seen. Big picture. Little steps.

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    #7ForSunday #Books #DaveKarpf #KevinKelly #Perspective #UnknownUnknowns

  10. Whenever you have a choice between being right or being kind be kind. No exceptions. Don’t confuse kindness with weakness.

    #ExcellentAdviceForLiving (Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier) (2023)
    #KevinKelly (1952)
    #MariaPopova (1984)

  11. listening to a new #KnowledgeProject episode w/ #KevinKelly talking about his life advice book - he’s on a tear about being unique & unpredictable:

    “if your views on other things can be predicted from your views on one thing, you need to be very careful that you aren’t in the grip of an ideologue… it means your opinions are too highly correlated… and btw if you are unpredictable in that way you are less likely to be taken over by an AI”

    it’s like a “think different” billboard come alive 🙄😖

  12. I adore #KevinKelly's upcoming #book, "Excellent Advice for Living."

    "If you're looking for something in your house, and you finally find it, when you're done with it, don't put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it."

    Pre-order here:

    penguinrandomhouse.com/books/7