Rahul's note on storyteling as the scarce resource post-AI really landed for me. There's an interesting paradox here though - as AI makes content creation trivial, the market's attention span seems to be contracting even faster. I've noticed teams focusing heavily on narrative now often fumble the basic distribution piece, which kinda defeats the purpose.
The Lake Urmia image from Aaryaman's piece is haunting though. It's a tangible reminder that some scarcities (water, arable land) won't be solved by better storytelling or AI infrastructure. Curious how many of these 26 investors are actualy paying attention to resource constraints versus the tech narrative.
Great assembly of perspectives - the depth here is refreshing given how surface-level most "annual predictions" tend to be
Thank you for taking the time to read (and for the thoughtful feedback)
re storytelling, distribution and attention, I'd point you to Manu Joseph's recent piece which does a good job articulating why this idea that 'attention spans are contracting' isn't what it's cracked up to be (TLDR: the bar for winning attention is higher than it's ever been, but there will always be room for quality):
Thanks for pointing me towards Manu's substack, have read one of his books earlier and stumbled upon his substack courtesy the above. Just to further your point above, the solution to build a loyal reader base counterintuitively is to make content frequency scarce but long form, its a bit like what a movie does vs short form sitcoms. I wonder who else does this :)
Gents, absolutely loved your work. My brain has been tickled and how. And I wish I had a fraction of the depth to fathom all the hard work you folks have poured in. If there's anything I can do to support you in your mission, I would love to. Specifically on the flagship event IP piece. Thanks!
Rahul's note on storyteling as the scarce resource post-AI really landed for me. There's an interesting paradox here though - as AI makes content creation trivial, the market's attention span seems to be contracting even faster. I've noticed teams focusing heavily on narrative now often fumble the basic distribution piece, which kinda defeats the purpose.
The Lake Urmia image from Aaryaman's piece is haunting though. It's a tangible reminder that some scarcities (water, arable land) won't be solved by better storytelling or AI infrastructure. Curious how many of these 26 investors are actualy paying attention to resource constraints versus the tech narrative.
Great assembly of perspectives - the depth here is refreshing given how surface-level most "annual predictions" tend to be
Thank you for taking the time to read (and for the thoughtful feedback)
re storytelling, distribution and attention, I'd point you to Manu Joseph's recent piece which does a good job articulating why this idea that 'attention spans are contracting' isn't what it's cracked up to be (TLDR: the bar for winning attention is higher than it's ever been, but there will always be room for quality):
https://manujoseph.substack.com/p/the-world-is-wrong-about-your-attention?selection=6760b4e5-bb6e-4acb-992d-2ad2e18d6d25#:~:text=What%20is%20really%20going%20on%20is%20this%3A%20There%20are%20people%2C%20who%20are%20in%20the%20business%20of%20getting%20your%20attention%2C%20and%20they%20are%20failing
Thanks for pointing me towards Manu's substack, have read one of his books earlier and stumbled upon his substack courtesy the above. Just to further your point above, the solution to build a loyal reader base counterintuitively is to make content frequency scarce but long form, its a bit like what a movie does vs short form sitcoms. I wonder who else does this :)
Gents, absolutely loved your work. My brain has been tickled and how. And I wish I had a fraction of the depth to fathom all the hard work you folks have poured in. If there's anything I can do to support you in your mission, I would love to. Specifically on the flagship event IP piece. Thanks!
Thanks so much Saurabh! If you have something specific in mind, we're all ears
What a precious source I seem to have stumbled upon.
Glad to hear :D