New Creative Era
This isn’t the end, this is the beginning
Welcome to the Creative Century
Yancey Strickler
Metalabel Director
New Creative Era
What we wish we knew then
New Creative Era episode 10
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An instant classic from Other Internet
When we started working on Metalabel, a neighboring project was frequently at the forefront of our minds: Other Internet. A digital culture-obsessed crew of writers, researchers, and technologists, Other Internet’s ideas helped define the past and current half-decade of the web. Classic essays like "Headless Brands," "
New Creative Era
The most important work is antimemetic
What you don't see can hurt you
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How to develop a creative career
New Creative Era episode 09
New Creative Era
The path not taken
Life is full of paths not taken. Here’s one of them. A group of writers begin independently writing about the same strange idea. They don’t plan this. It just happens. Something in the air, in the water, in the culture. They’re tuned into the same signal. At
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Is there such a thing as artist-format fit?
New Creative Era episode 008
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If you want to know how the creative world works, read these twelve things
An unofficial creative education
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Economic case studies (with actual numbers!)
New Creative Era episode 07
New Creative Era
Doom now and forever?
Sending posts into the void. Refreshing notifications for validation. Competing most intensely with the people most like us. These are the hallmarks of creative life today. Cycles we all know too well. We’ve come to associate these feelings with the creative process. But what if they’re not creativity
At the end of this transmission will you still remember it?
Plus an impromptu poem to a star
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In Review: First Light
When you look upon a star...