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one basic problem with the Creator Economy?

Creators benefit the community (or network) but are expected to be rewarded by members of the community

That's like a worker that benefits a company and expects to be compensated.. by other workers

Yes, those other works do get some benefit from the worker's contribution (more revenue for the business, some of which ends up in their paychecks)

But if they (instead of the company) had to compensate that worker, you're just not gonna see a very successful company

you'd see a lot of freeloading instead

and you'd see a massive coordination failure with many frustrated people

..much like what we see in the so-called "Creator Economy" today 

coincidence?

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Ethereum

Good analogy. You're really knocking it out of the park with these critical-thinking casts interrogating the creator economy norms. 

I've heard artists say things like: "we're really tired of just passing the same crumpled $5 bill back and forth amongst ourselves."

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the $5 bill anecdote is better than my analogy :)