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Opportunity for video creators to win $5,000: Make a video by September 22 about Packy McCormick’s essay, The Electric Slide.

Also, here’s a free content niche idea. Help promote lengthy essays by Substack writers through short-form videos about their concepts. Many writers write because they’re not as comfortable with creating videos. Video is an important distribution method and they’d likely appreciate the organic marketing.

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

Overcome by an overwhelming sense of inferiority. I'll stand by the sidelines and clap for the OG's.

Editing this bio more than my code. Intelligent chats. Hot takes. Journalist in training

Buster

When that sense takes comes on, I recommend looking for an angle of specialization rather than superiority.

A video I would personally find interesting is The Electric Slide story, as told from an African perspective. I don’t believe he mentions Africa a single time in the essay.

Why it’s interesting: China has locked up access to a lot of African resources which make up the physical foundation of the stack. It’s not really what he asked for, but it would certainly make his essay come alive to a whole different audience.