u/Glass-Edge9635

I do strategy and operations for a tech company (in middle management) and am really struggling. I just don't feel like I belong / often am misunderstood or overlook or exploited, despite years of working on this with my therapist. I honestly think I just don't fit in this environment + am curious if other gifted folks feel this way. What's your experience been like? Did any of you leave corporate for something else? If it's felt silencing, how'd you cope? Anything helps -- I'm in a pretty low place with it all.

Hi! I am curious as to if there are still 'organic' traction moments with content in the current era. To my understanding, most of these platforms have figured out how to monetize, large brands are paying a lot of money for visibility + a random 'viral' moment is not so common anymore. Have any artists had something take off organically? Or have you seen most growth via paid ads?

Moved to NYC about 2 years ago and have had the hardest time finding other musicians who make alternative RnB / acoustic music. Also, it’s been even harder to find venues that accommodate acoustic sets outside of sofar, which can be hit or miss at this point. A lot of the mid tier venues closed during covid or shortly after + a lot of my friends here re playing in cover bands just to make ends meet. The only band I know that’s popped has been geese / Cameron winter but much of that was from noise generated online.

I keep being told that a lot of the action is in LA, Nashville and Atlanta and the city hasn’t recovered since COVID around live music. It’s also possible that my genre just isn’t as much of a thing here as s soul pop, Broadway adjacent, and indie rock. I just want to ask folks.. is that true?

Moved to NYC about 2 years ago and have had the hardest time finding other musicians who make alternative RnB / acoustic music. Also, it’s been even harder to find venues that accommodate acoustic sets outside of sofar, which can be hit or miss at this point. A lot of the mid tier venues closed during covid or shortly after + a lot of my friends here re playing in cover bands just to make ends meet.

I keep being told that a lot of the action is in LA, Nashville and Atlanta and the city hasn’t recovered since COVID around live music. It’s also possible that my genre just isn’t as much of a thing here as s soul pop, Broadway adjacent, and indie rock. I just want to ask folks.. is that true?

Moved to NYC about 2 years ago and have had the hardest time finding other musicians who make alternative RnB / acoustic music. Also, it’s been even harder to find venues that accommodate acoustic sets outside of sofar, which can be hit or miss at this point. A lot of the mid tier venues closed during covid or shortly after + a lot of my friends here re playing in cover bands just to make ends meet.

I keep being told that a lot of the action is in LA, Nashville and Atlanta and the city hasn’t recovered since COVID around live music. It’s also possible that my genre just isn’t as much of a thing here as s soul pop, Broadway adjacent, and indie rock. I just want to ask folks.. is that true?

Curious whether anyone else has been thinking about this. Over the last few years, it feels like we’ve developed an entire creator economy around explaining ideas. People breaking down psychology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, neuroscience, papers, cultural trends, etc into short form content.

A lot of this content feels like highly polished synthesis rather than original thought. Often it’s the same handful of ideas being repackaged, increasingly in a style that sounds almost LLM-generated: coherent, confident, digestible, but oddly

What does this say about our knowledge ecosystem?

We’re living in a moment where someone with communication skills / packaging can build a large business by summarizing or speculating about research, while many of the institutions that actually produce that knowledge are shrinking. Humanities departments are being cut, academic salaries are under pressure, and yet there seems to be an enormous market for consuming those same ideas once they’re repackaged for algorithms.

What kind of incentives does this create? Does this change what society values as intelligence? Do you think this democratizes knowledge, or does it gradually erode our ability to distinguish between genuine expertise, careful synthesis, and confident performance? And where do you think LLMs fit into this trajectory?