The Sunday Digest: Remain Calm

Happy Sunday!

We'll be honest—the Digest opener haunted us this week. What would we write about, after a week where the opener basically wrote itself? Surely we couldn't cover GameStop again—but what if that's What the People Wanted? It was all very confusing.

Luckily, we had the benefit of...well, ourselves. An absorbing new Divinations piece explored the past and future of social audio—and led to an exciting conversation on a podcast of our own. Napkin Math examined the inner workings of revenue, and Means of Creation returned to one of its most useful questions—how can creators make bank?—with the help of Wattpad’s founder.

In other words, we were talking to ourselves, in the best kind of way. It was more of a conversation (maybe of...the Long variety?) than a monologue. And as it turns out, we had nothing to be worried about as far as what to cover, because there was a whole lot going on outside the comfort of our collective, too. From Bezos' next chapter to Substack's words of wisdom to social media giants, a common thread emerged: there's still plenty of unpredictable craziness going on. But the best way to deal with it is to stay calm and reflect. (That reference will make sense when you scroll down.)

Until we Digest again...

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