There’s an internet rule of thumb about creation, and it says that 90% of the participants of a community only view content, 9% of the participants edit content, and 1% of the participants actively create new content. Power users and creators dominate across Reddit and Wikipedia, for example. But In the publishing space that rule no longer applies. WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter, and Tik-Tok all level the publishing playing field. Stars come and go and going viral can happen to anyone. For the most part, that’s good. I think seeing a wider diversity of people’s creativity is healthy, no matter how much it makes me cringe sometimes.
What is currently happening in the publishing space-the leveling of the speed bumps to publish your ideas- will happen in other industries as well. The proliferation of tools for amateurs to create is astounding. Right now, there are world-class coding tools, business structure templates, hardware manufacturing , and even drone platforms.
The benefits to humanity because of this will be massive. There will be an incredible variety of different and exciting companies, platforms, micro businesses, pop up hardware stores and drone racing events, just to name a few. People’s creativity will be unleashed and I can’t wait. But don’t wait, start creating now!