Blockbuster Economics: Effort No Longer Guarantees Success?
2025-02-23
Starting with a disastrous yet ultimately successful musical, Six, witnessed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the author explores the nature of today's non-linear economy. In this economy, success isn't a product of effort, but rather a stroke of luck, a breakthrough. Whether in art or business, the emergence of blockbusters is highly unpredictable, with many works of immense effort fading into obscurity while chance inspirations create miracles. The author argues that in a non-linear economy, the key is persistence, consistent output, and increasing the odds of success rather than pursuing stability and predictability.
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