I curate this list in the hope to give quality authors (and myself obviously) more visibility and to encourage the production of evergreen content that will be relevant even after 7 days. Explained here The purpose is to create a starting point to find new authors, ideas and concepts that help you adapt to steemit.com and the idea-economy.
You are most welcome to suggest your own posts for inclusion in this list in the comments below. Before you do reply, please read this post to understand where your post would fit in. Please also explain why someone should read your post.
If YOU want to curate your own post around your own curation goal let us know and I will mention you on this weekly library post!
We try to provide a roadmap for anyone to DEEPLY investigate the thinking, new rules and opportunities behind this idea economy.
The ultimate goal is to allow a person to transition from being a knowledge economy professional to an idea economy professional. In other words, enable you to make a living from Steemit.com or something like it.
Concepts around the idea economy
What is the Idea economy?
In the near future the nature of our economy will change from a knowledge economy to an idea economy.
Post by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Steemit is probably a platform that embodies the idea-ecomomy: in this post the author explains what that means to our assumptions about what it takes to earn a living.
A Drunken Rant on Why Steemit is Awesome: Why It's Not About the Money
by @odinthelibrarian
Why you should read it:
"Over a glass of cheap brandy, after a dinner of wonderful pork roast, I realized what Steemit really is, or what it's meant to be. Steemit is an economy of ideas."
Idea economy Steemit
By @ikigai
Why you should read it:
"Explains another one of my visions for Steemit as well as one method for coming up with some good ideas."
What is changing in our economy?
In this chapter I would like to highlight some posts that explore our changing society and the underlying factors
Idea economy mental models: Abundance
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
This article gives a brief overview on the concept of abundance through exponential technological progress. Contains a video of Peter Diamandis giving a short and sweet explanation of Abundance through technology.
Understanding that Abundance is not some hippydippy concept but is very real helps to reframe a lot of developments in our economy and is an essential filter to allow you to look forward and understand how fast and how much our economy will change the next 5 years. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Exponential growth article
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Exponential growth is one of the main things that changes our economy and it is at the same time not intuitive to understand. This post explains the math tricks to understand and caculate exponential growth curves and shows how Steemit.com could very quickly reach 50 million users. Because math...
Network effect driver of steemit growth
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
The network effect is a concept that drives exponential growth on sites like steemit.com. Recognising it allows you to better foresee how fast things can develop if they provide a true network effect.
New rules for new economy @the-traveller
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Kevin Kelly is a guy you want to pay attention to if you are at all interested in the future.
This post analyzes how a social network like steemit.com operates under different rules which are counter intuitive when comparing to a normal market / knowledge economy.
The Reason You Don't Understand Steemit: It's Like A Gift Economy Not A Commodity Economy
By @stellabelle
Why you should read it:
After reading the "New Rules post above" In this post, @stellabelle gives an excellent analysis of some of these new rules in action on Steemit.com It helps to look differently to the mechanics of steemit.com if the "New Rules" post does not give you the point of view you need.
IDEA Economy & steemit: Why you should build a platform on Steemit.com
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
An explanation of @the-travellers' goals on steemit which also gives you some context for this curation project.
A discussion how this platform can provide a great laboratory for knowledge economy professionals to learn new skills that will help adapt to the new economy.
How to adapt to an idea economy? Idea economy skills:
Where the above concepts are great as a basis, this chapter focuses more on resources to adapt and grow your own skills.
I hope to add much more diverse posts from experts here at Steemit. I find Tony Wagners Seven Future Survival Skills a very useful framework so I use these as subchapters adn intro text. http://www.tonywagner.com/7-survival-skills
CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
“The idea that a company’s senior leaders have all the answers and can solve problems by themselves has gone completely by the wayside…The person who’s close to the work has to have strong analytic skills. You have to be rigorous: test your assumptions, don’t take things at face value, don’t go in with preconceived ideas that you’re trying to prove.”
—Ellen Kumata, consultant to Fortune 200 companies source
Trendlines over headlines
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
We are constantly bombarded by the media by bad news. This skews your worldview and can have very real negative effects on your body. Read this post as an antidote and regain some optimism about the future...
Checking assumptions
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
A lot of things have already changed, and standby formulas for success in life (go to college, "invest" in real estate, climb the corporate ladder) have stopped to be universally useful. This post explores some assumptions that are common sense but which need to be critically examined. If you don't, you might makes some seriously bad decisions about your future!
A defence of The 4 Hour Workweek, an important book for other reasons than you think
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
The 4 hour work week is a famous book that is famous for all the wrong reasons. Many perceive it as a get-rich-quick-scheme book while in fact it helps to challenge assumptions we all have about life and offers an awesome curated toolkit to take advantage of the fact that in life, more and more there are non-linear relationships between effort and reward
Finding Leverage in a non-linear world
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Focussing specifically on the concept of leverage or multiplier effects in life, this post explores why you should look for opportunities to apply leverage through "designing" your life on purpose, rather than choosing a default path.
Very relevant for problem solving in the new idea economy.
COLLABORATION ACROSS NETWORKS AND LEADING BY INFLUENCE
“The biggest problem we have in the company as a whole is finding people capable of exerting leadership across the board…Our mantra is that you lead by influence, rather than authority.”
—Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Cisco source
Place holder. Any suggestions?
AGILITY AND ADAPTABILITY
“I’ve been here four years, and we’ve done fundamental reorganization every year because of changes in the business…I can guarantee the job I hire someone to do will change or may not exist in the future, so this is why adaptability and learning skills are more important than technical skills.”
—Clay Parker, President of Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards source
New rules for new economy
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Second mention. Specifically for adapting to the new rules, Kevin Kelly's original post is very useful to read in this context.
Dealing with change, lessons from the much hated "Who moved my cheese"
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Humans don't like change. They like even less to change if some consultant shoves a patronizing book in their hands after they were made "redundant".
Although the format of the book is a bit tedious there are some very useful tips to take away about how to deal with change. This is a key skill for the next few years. Must read.
INITIATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
“For our production and crafts staff, the hourly workers, we need self-directed people…who can find creative solutions to some very tough, challenging problems.”
—Mark Maddox, Human Resources Manager at Unilever Foods North America source
Place holder. Any suggestions?
An exercise in critical thinking: about living the template life
by @Illestbambi
Why you should read it:
After all the abstractions and concepts, I loved reading this post because it is a personal account of a "live" thought process about the template life.
EFFECTIVE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
- “The biggest skill people are missing is the ability to communicate: both written and oral presentations. It’s a huge problem for us.”*
—Annmarie Neal, Vice President for Talent Management at Cisco Systems source
Thinking to write, writing to think
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Explains why writing on Steemit helps you to clarify your ideas instead of the other way around. Has some interesting resource links to better writing.
Why Most People Suck At Writing
@Stellabelle
Why you should read it:
Explains a good bit on why most people have difficulty gathering their thoughts.
No doubt there are many other posts on steemit about writing, would love suggestions for the "evergreens"
ACCESSING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION
“There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren’t prepared to process the information effectively, it almost freezes them in their steps.”
—Mike Summers, Vice President for Global Talent Management at Dell source
Upvoting is not curating, an explanation post on why I created this curated library post
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
An explanation why curation is such a crucial skill and why it is misunderstood on Steemit.
Techno-literacy
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
technology is great, but we need to understand the hidden costs, this post explores the concept of techno literacy as developed originally by Kevin Kelly. Has some very useful advice.
Taking responsibility for your own learning
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
After reading (and ok I wrote...) several posts slamming the education system it occured to me that we need to take responsibility for our own learning. the good news: the education system no longer has a monopoly on education. Decentralize education!!!
CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION
“Our old idea is that work is defined by employers and that employees have to do whatever the employer wants…but actually, you would like him to come up with an interpretation that you like—he’s adding something personal—a creative element.”
—Michael Jung, Senior Consultant at McKinsey and Company source
Having valuable ideas
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Exploring a post by James Altucher about some tactics to become an idea machine yourself.
Quality authors and commenters on Steemit.com
I encountered many people who commented around my own posts or authored their own posts on similar topics.
@krnel
Why you should read him ?
Writes about psychology, very focussed on that topic and consistently good.
@tarazkp
Why you should read him ?
Writes more philosophical articles that are consistently good and thought provoking. Go to author if there is "nothing on steemit"
@Kyriacos
Why you should read him ?
has great posts, some might find him a provocateur, but I enjoy his articles even if I don't agree with his point of view
@sflaherty
Why you should read him ?
Steven has a broad range of interests and writes consistently good articles around cryptocurrency and the steemit ecology.
Has his finger on the pulse of what is cooking in crypto land.
@oaldamster
Why you should read him ?
Great and simple explanations about blockchain and steemit concepts. One of the most accessible authors on crypto concepts I have found so far.
@lys
Why you should read her ?
She writes awesome articles about science and the life of a scientist in a research institution. It highlights some of the problems transitioning between the knowledge economy and the idea economy.
@steemdeepthink
Why should you read them?
TBD, an initiative of various Steemians https://steemit.com/steemit/@abishai/steemdeepthink-coming-soon
We are just about ready to go live with an open invitation to the Steemit community!
Our hope is to gather together a group of people excited about the humanities - philosophy, education, history, religion, etc.
@SteemDeepThink is on the hunt for Steemit writers who are putting in time and effort toward writing quality content. With a growing collective of writers, it will be easier for many to find a community of like-minded individuals within Steemit.
Of course I am missing many more. Think you belong on this list. Let us know in the comments and explain WHY people should read you.
Relevant authors and thinkers outside steemit.com
Books provide many ideas and concepts. Over time I want to add specific book reviews that isolate the concepts and ideas and discuss their applicability to the Idea-economy framework.
Tony Wagner:
Why should you read him ?
An educator who has been thinking about adapting to the future economy from a point of view of the education system.
His observations about the skills that will be needed in the future, but are not developed in education, seem highly relevant to anyone who wants to adapt to the future economy:
http://www.tonywagner.com/7-survival-skills From this post I copied the below categories and quotes.
Dan Pink
Why should you read / watch him?
He has a few books that are very relevant to anyone concerned about adapting to the new idea economy:
Especially A whole new mind is a great resource to understand the changing economic landscape and what skills will be in Remand on the future.
Good edit by youtuber Brianna Crowley
Peter Diamandis
Why should you read / watch?
Peter is a futurist who will make you optimistic about what is coming in the near future. Great antidote to the doom and gloom media reporting about the future . What he does gloss over is how we as individuals need to adapt to this new world. I find his work a great future reality check.
Especially interesting in his book is greatbut a lot of the concepts are explained in his TED.com talks
Abundance: the future is better than you think
Kevin Kelly
Why should you read him ?
Kevin Kelly is on of the originals on the internet, literally. He has been thinking deeply about technology and where it all is going.
I especially recommend his book The inevitable from which I hope to write a book review post in august.
Derek Sivers
Why should you read him ?
Derek is an interesting guy, he has lived the idea economy and has some great insights. Especially great resource is his public book notes page where he reviewed over 200 books, many of which I mention. Great goto resource if you ever doubt about buying any book. check out: https://sivers.org/book
Sugata Mitra
Why you should watch him?
Original inventor of the "hole in the wall" school concept, highly recommend his youtube video on
The future of learning
Ricardo Semler
Why you should watch him?
I greatly admire his ability to challenge assumptions about life, business and education. Great summary presentation is his latest Ted talk
GOOD STEEMIT POSTS UNCATEGORIZED
For the moment, a miscellaneous collection of cool ideas that are potentially possible through Steemit.com
and things I enjoyed reading.
Digital Nomad ideas
the concept of digital Nomads overlaps with a lot of concepts from the Idea-economy. I think they are the perfect laboratory to find out what works in the future idea-economy. Because to the constraints of the digital nomad life, they need to make full use of leverage tools, creativity, learning and adaptation.
The Freedom of Unorganized Land in Canada. The Future Retreat for Digital Nomads. by @solarguy
Why you should read it:
I liked this post as a thought experiment on what would be possible through steemit and digital nomad principles
Interesting post about really going off the grid with a community. The freedom of being detached from the rat race and all its baggage may only be found in a place like this.
Will add more posts through edits over this week as I (re)discover them.
EDIT
I found another curated list you might want to check out:
Quinn's Quality Content Curation (Q2C2) Episode 7
By @quinneaker
Why should you read it?
As I indicated in my other post on what constitutes good curation, @quinneaker gives context and explains why you should read it. His focus is on posts about writing, steemit, cryptocurrency.
Well done and an example for myself to follow.
I am glad that there are other Steemians who have expressed interest in starting their own curation posts. Please mention in the comments below and I will gladly mention your efforts in my future library posts!
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1 winner for best post suggestion
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What else am I missing with this article, agree? Don’t agree? Have suggestions?
I would love to have your comment, maybe you can win some decent money. Anything thought provoking is great. Disagree, fantastic! Let me know! Have a question? Even better, a great question is sometimes better than a page long comment!