@danicaswanson

The concept of ergodic ecosystems is new to me, too. Great nerd-snipe. I looked it up and I'll be thinking about it for awhile. I agree that systems that pit writers against one another competitively will not be a path to long-term sustainability. I often think about how the "iceberg model" might be applied to shed light on the systems that support writers below the surface. We need the support of pro editors, designers, curators, etc., to produce good work (the tip of the iceberg), but we also need underlying infrastructure like sustainable cash flow, healthcare access, unstructured time to think, and so on.

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