trust is an intangible that has increasing value in a copy saturated world.
I think the best way to examine them is not from the eye of the producer, manufacturer, or creator, but from the eye of the user.
why would we ever pay for anything that we could get for free? When anyone buys a version of something they could get for free, what are they purchasing?
. They provide paid support for free software. The copy of code, being mere bits, is free -- and becomes valuable to you only through the support and guidance
It's how we can create our own value, and also useful to structure.
hese new eight generatives demand an understanding of how abundance breeds a sharing mindset, how generosity is a business model, how vital it has become to cultivate and nurture qualities that can't be replicated with a click of the mouse.
Ads are widely regarded as the solution, almost the ONLY solution, to the paradox of the free.
I think ads are only one of the paths that attention takes, and in the long-run, they will only be part of the new ways money is made selling the free.