If you've been watching the video series, here are five short pieces that lay out the economics. I should say clearly that I'm not an economist. I've spent a decade studying how people work with AI, and along the way I've had to teach myself the economics underneath it—the most helpful are here.
As a Designer, I'm motivated by a restless curiosity about how our actions as individuals might better align with our values, especially those values that too-often "go without saying".
Today’s digital consent patterns might make sense if data could be used as a currency, benefiting the owner and creator. But that isn't how the internet actually operates. Perhaps a new, alternative metaphor might make more sense: data as an "impression”.
