the intermediary vanished

the internet collapsed the distance between attention & income.

it used to be attention converted to money through like four intermediaries (label, studio, publisher, exchange floor). now it's one click. so every marginal human reallocates effort toward the thing the medium pays out on, which is attention.

e.g, onlyfans, creator economy, polymarket, meme stocks.. these are the same instrument. each one is a way to securitize yourself as the underlying asset.