Reality checks
Times have changed
My preferred New York City coffee shop for writing had someone break into it last night and rip the safe out of the wall. NYC still has it. This week:
- Media’s reality check
- For members: The paths for solo “creators” (need a new term)
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Reality checks
Troy has a fun saying: Everyone lies in media. It’s an acknowledgement that much of the industry was a reality distortion field built on artifice, posturing, packaging and growth hacks. On a deeper level, I have long sensed a willful ignorance and cynicism in many strategies. Something that’s emerged in recent conversations is that if there’s a shift in the wake of the media industry’s latest so-called extinction event to a new grounding in reality in the more-with-less era. I see this unfolding across several areas.
