Persoonlijke aantekeningen door Niek de Greef over cultuur, politiek, media en maatschappij. Doorleefde essays over het hedendaagse leven.
What happens when you, as an online business owner, stop using social mediahttps://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/01/04/what-happened-when-this-online-business-owner-quit-social-media/: you become fitter, and your business does not suffer.
It is a nice idea by Eric Kim to take a picture of it instead of purchasing something you like. Fool your brain and make it think you meta-own the object.
In The Hustle, I found a nice article about the resurrection of the vinyl LP, the record, and the album.
Besides an answer to the meager income that streaming services provide for musicians, it is also a clear signal that having a physical thing in your hands is appreciated by many people. I want to get a record for my birthday again. Oh, and by the way, Concerto still exists.
Beautiful facts:
- In the first half of 2021, 17 million LPs were sold. That’s 86% more than in all of 2020.
- The comparison is a bit lame but does reflect the proportions: selling 100 physical (self-produced) albums generates as much revenue as 450,000 streams on Spotify (about $1800).
- Less funny: vinyl creates 12 times more pollution than other physical formats.