The Refragmentation
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2016
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The 20th century's mass-media-mass-corporation-mass-everything was a historical anomaly. We're returning to fragmentation: niche audiences, indie products, decentralized work. PG's essay on why everything feels different now — the pattern was always going to revert.
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January 2016 One advantage of being old is that you can see change happen in your lifetime. A lot of the change I've seen is fragmentation. US politics is much more polarized than it used to be. Culturally we have ever less common ground. The creative class flocks to a handful of happy cities,…
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