You can access the article un-gated by going here: https://archive.ph/CB5J4
Yet 25 years after this industry first emerged, the U.S. government still has no laws regulating how creators earn a living or flex their power. Without real oversight, the creator economy has ensnared the nation’s attention without a broad understanding of its effects on American society.
The rise of creators has allowed anyone to gain an audience, elevating the otherwise voiceless and fueling a new style of inventive expression. But it also has let bad actors push out lies and misinformation, contributed to a fragmentation of public discourse into thousands of niches and microtrends, eroded traditional knowledge centers and allowed popular strangers and recommendation algorithms to rule the platforms where most people try to make sense of the world.
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The creator economy is so large and diverse it’s hard to even define. I really like Jim Louderbacks’ way of describing it:
Source: linkedin.com/posts/jlouderb_litren...
And this list barely scratches the surface, I can imagine so many more personas that could be considered part of the creator of economy, at a certain point it almost feels like it will be the majority of media and entertainment, it’s only a matter of time.
This was a great read. I believe its just getting started, and I'm curious for whats to come.