Cortex

6: General Purpose Problem

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Jul 10, 2015
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INSIGHT

Attention, Not Effort, Drives Online Pay

  • Attention-driven online earnings reflect audience size more than task difficulty.
  • High pay for creators like PewDiePie stems from audience value to advertisers, not perceived job complexity.
ANECDOTE

All-Staff Email Became A Mini Classifieds

  • In schools Grey received many irrelevant all-staff emails and casual classifieds using an 'email all staff' button.
  • That culture produced 'death by carbon copy' and frequent off-topic messages to every teacher.
INSIGHT

Email Inherits Letter Reply Expectations

  • Email carries an implicit social obligation to reply because it inherits letter etiquette.
  • That expectation makes email uniquely burdensome compared with public feedback channels like Reddit or Twitter.
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