like the cotton gin spurring the need for more slaves. removing a technological bottleneck causes society to send more resources to other places in a workflow where they would have previously been useless.

charles ferguson's "high stakes, no prisoners" and michael lewis's "the new new thing" both give windows into early browser history and are great reads.

the median has been declining with recent releases as the ratio of sequels to originals shifts under disney's new policies. as pixar becomes less able to make new hits, they're granted less freedom to search for them. lasseter's exit marked an inflection point for the story-telling scenius there.

Michael Nielsen on the idea of creative contexts. Connected with this very much!
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