John Ferry

@KaseyKlimes Writing, as a means of both idea dissemination and income generation, has always been very winner-take-all. With the publishers disintermediated, I'd argue the space for ideas is even more democratic.

@KaseyKlimes No longer an industry where the publishers control supply but now aggregators (Amazon) control demand. Also in the study: 300,000 books published in 2009 at median income of $25,000 compared with 1,000,000 books published in 2017 at median income of $20,300.

Writing is historically how new ideas disseminate, which in turn drives progress. What world will we inhabit when thinkers can’t afford to dedicate their time to the development and dissemination of ideas? Are we limiting the capacity of our species?