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What's new?

l am moving to a digital nomad lifestyle with my wife, so we've been busy selling and moving stuff (explained here)
and did not have much time to spend on Steemit.
But I found some other awesome steemians that are doing great curated lists.
I will make an extra chapter at the end of this regular post for your discovery (any suggestions welcome !)

I also found some older articles about Steemit that are quite interesting to read.

My curator goal

I make this post to help you find evergreen content that will be relevant even after 7 days. Explained here

What is relevant to me, is not necessarily interesting to you. So I think it is important that I tell you upfront what type of content I collect.

My main goal is to try to understand and adapt to the idea -economy: this is a catch-all concept to group together the massive changes that are going on our world economy and our personal jobs and communities. Everything will change radically and a lot quicker than we think.
So I want to understand the major trends and concepts that explain WHY things are changing, WHAT is changing and HOW specifically we can all adapt to these different circumstances.

Overall I am a techno realist, I think the future will turn out to be much better than we all think but the transition will be difficult for many people. We will need to develop whole new mental models and overcome to a certain extent our own inate human reluctance to change

You are most welcome to suggest your own posts for inclusion in this list in the comments below. Before you do reply, please read this post to understand where your post would fit in. Please also explain why someone should read your post. That helps your future readers a lot, and will help you to focus your writing too!

This takes me to explore topics in the following areas:
1 Economy: the nature of work, money, what will it take to make a living in the near future.
2 Psychology: decision making, dealing with change, accelerated learning
3 Technology: impact of technology to provide leverage in life. The downsides of technology on our attention span and "Human" capabilities. What will be the impact of AI, how to adapt ?
4 Future survival Skills: what skills do we need to develop to adapt to this new economy and thrive in it?
5 Steemit ecology and social dynamics. For me Steemit and STEEM is a great laboratory to observe how an idea economy works, because in a sense this a literal first version of a socially driven idea economy.
6 Other great curators and writers to discover on Steemit. This is a more diverse bunch but are all people that take the time and effort to create original and thoughtful content that you might enjoy reading. If you are curating your own list, I’d be happy to add your name to this list!

The purpose of my curation is to create a starting point for you to find new authors, ideas and concepts that help you to understand and adapt to steemit.com and the idea-economy. I try to provide a roadmap for anyone to DEEPLY investigate the thinking, new rules and opportunities behind this idea economy.

When this post gets out of hand I might repost the sections as separate posts for easier reference.
The ultimate goal is to allow a person to transition from being a knowledge economy professional to an idea economy professional. In other words, enable you to make a living from Steemit.com or something like it.

1 ECONOMY

What is the Idea economy?

In the near future the nature of our economy will change from a knowledge economy to an idea economy.
Post by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Steemit is probably a platform that embodies the idea-ecomomy: in this post the author explains what that means to our assumptions about what it takes to earn a living.

A Drunken Rant on Why Steemit is Awesome: Why It's Not About the Money
by @odinthelibrarian
Why you should read it:
"Over a glass of cheap brandy, after a dinner of wonderful pork roast, I realized what
Steemit really is, or what it's meant to be. Steemit is an economy of ideas."

Idea economy SteemitBy @ikigai
Why you should read it:
"Explains another one of my visions for Steemit as well as one method for coming up with some good ideas."

What is changing in our economy?

In this chapter I would like to highlight some posts that explore our changing society and the underlying factors

Idea economy mental models: Abundance by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
This article gives a brief overview on the concept of abundance through exponential technological progress. Contains a video of Peter Diamandis giving a short and sweet explanation of Abundance through technology.
Understanding that Abundance is not some hippydippy concept but is a very real phenomenon driven by technological progress, helps to reframe a lot of developments in our economy and is an essential filter to allow you to look forward and understand how fast and how much our economy will change the next 5 years. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Exponential growth article
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Exponential growth is one of the main things that changes our economy and it is at the same time not intuitive to understand. This post explains the math tricks to understand and caculate exponential growth curves and shows how Steemit.com could very quickly reach 50 million users. Because math...

Network effect driver of steemit growth
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
The network effect is a concept that drives exponential growth on sites like steemit.com. Recognising it allows you to better foresee how fast things can develop if they provide a true network effect.

New rules for new economy @the-traveller
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Kevin Kelly is a guy you want to pay attention to if you are at all interested in the future. This post analyzes how a social network like steemit.com operates under different rules which are counter intuitive when comparing to a normal market / knowledge economy.

The Reason You Don't Understand Steemit: It's Like A Gift Economy Not A Commodity Economy By @stellabelle
Why you should read it:
After reading the "New Rules post above" In this post, @stellabelle gives an excellent analysis of some of these new rules in action on Steemit.com It helps to look differently to the mechanics of steemit.com if the "New Rules" post does not give you the point of view you need.

IDEA Economy & steemit: Why you should build a platform on Steemit.com
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
An explanation of @the-travellers' goals on steemit which also gives you some context for this curation project. A discussion how this platform can provide a great laboratory for knowledge economy professionals to learn new skills that will help adapt to the new economy.

2 PSYCHOLOGY

This section is dedicated to finding good posts that help to understand yourself and others.
Especially interesting to me is cognitive performance, biases and heuristics and our decision making and learning. Any suggestions welcome!
Placeholder: Next editions will add more specific suggestions.
check out @tarazkp and @krnel
@steemdeepthink

Cool post by @wealthyeasily about why Steemit is so addictive!

3 TECHNOLOGY

If you are here on Steemit this early, chances are that you love technology. To me technological progress is fascinating to watch because it overthrows all our assumptions. But it is about much more than just our personal gadgets.
AI, autonomous vehicles, radically cheaper solar and alternative energy, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, gene editing, AR and VR, blockchain technology ... these are all coming soon in less than a decade and are currently in the "deceptive" phase of the exponential curve.

Rather than just gaping amazed at the progress, I like to discover articles that think a few steps further than "wow it's so cool", what are the consequences of all these new technologies? How will they change our way of working and earning a living? How will they change our society and environment?

TBD
To start off, a great article about how Mixed Reality will change the world
By @mkt, great article, tragically underappreciated!

4 FUTURE SURVIVAL SKILLS AND (SELF) EDUCATION

Where the above concepts are great as a basis, this chapter focuses more on resources to adapt and grow your own skills. If you look around a bit, it is easy to see that the education system is obsolete already and won't help you to develop these skills.

The good news is that it is easier than ever to re-invent yourself and self-educate to develop the knowledge and skills you need to adapt to this new idea economy.
I hope to add much more diverse posts from experts here at Steemit. I suspect many people here have already re-invented themselves a few times. It would be great to share the lessons!
I find Tony Wagners Seven Future Survival Skills a very useful framework so I use these as subchapters and intro text to explain why these skills are so important and currently many people have not developed them at all. Source http://www.tonywagner.com/7-survival-skills

CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

“The idea that a company’s senior leaders have all the answers and can solve problems by themselves has gone completely by the wayside… The person who’s close to the work has to have strong analytic skills. You have to be rigorous: test your assumptions, don’t take things at face value, don’t go in with preconceived ideas that you’re trying to prove.”
—Ellen Kumata, consultant to Fortune 200 companies source

Trendlines over headlines
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
We are constantly bombarded with bad news. This skews our worldview and can have very real negative effects on your body. Read this post as an antidote and regain some optimism about the future...

Checking assumptions
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
A lot of things have already changed, and standby formulas for success in life (go to college, "invest" in real estate, climb the corporate ladder) have stopped to be universally useful. This post explores some assumptions that are common sense but which need to be critically examined. If you don't, you might makes some seriously bad decisions about your future!

A defence of The 4 Hour Workweek, an important book for other reasons than you think
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
The 4 hour work week is a famous book that is famous for all the wrong reasons. Many perceive it as a get-rich-quick-scheme book while in fact it helps to challenge assumptions we all have about life and offers an awesome curated toolkit to take advantage of the fact that in life, more and more there are non-linear relationships between effort and reward

Finding Leverage in a non-linear world
by @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Focussing specifically on the concept of leverage or multiplier effects in life, this post explores why you should look for opportunities to apply leverage through "designing" your life on purpose, rather than choosing a default path.
Very relevant for problem solving in the new idea economy.

COLLABORATION ACROSS NETWORKS AND LEADING BY INFLUENCE

“The biggest problem we have in the company as a whole is finding people capable of exerting leadership across the board…Our mantra is that you lead by influence, rather than authority.”

—Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Cisco source

Place holder. Any suggestions?

AGILITY AND ADAPTABILITY

“I’ve been here four years, and we’ve done fundamental reorganization every year because of changes in the business…I can guarantee the job I hire someone to do will change or may not exist in the future, so this is why adaptability and learning skills are more important than technical skills.”
—Clay Parker, President of Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards source
New rules for new economy
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Second mention. Specifically for adapting to the new rules, Kevin Kelly's original post is very useful to read in this context.

Dealing with change, lessons from the much hated "Who moved my cheese?"
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Humans don't like change. Even less if some consultant shoves a patronizing book in their hands after they were made "redundant".
Although the format of the book is a bit tedious there are some very useful tips to take away about how to deal with change. This is a key skill for the next few years. Must read.

INITIATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

“For our production and crafts staff, the hourly workers, we need self-directed people…who can find creative solutions to some very tough, challenging problems.”
—Mark Maddox, Human Resources Manager at Unilever Foods North America source

Place holder. Any suggestions?

An exercise in critical thinking: about living the template life
by @Illestbambi
Why you should read it:
After all the abstractions and concepts, I loved reading this post because it is a personal account of a "live" thought process about the template life.

EFFECTIVE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

• “The biggest skill people are missing is the ability to communicate: both written and oral presentations. It’s a huge problem for us.”*

—Annmarie Neal, Vice President for Talent Management at Cisco Systems source

Thinking to write, writing to think
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Explains why writing on Steemit helps you to clarify your ideas instead of the other way around. Has some interesting resource links to better writing.

Why Most People Suck At Writing
@Stellabelle
Why you should read it:
Explains a good bit on why most people have difficulty gathering their thoughts.
No doubt there are many other posts on steemit about writing, would love suggestions for the "evergreens"

ACCESSING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION

“There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren’t prepared to process the information effectively, it almost freezes them in their steps.”
—Mike Summers, Vice President for Global Talent Management at Dell source
Upvoting is not curating, an explanation post on why I created this curated library post
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
An explanation why curation is such a crucial skill and why it is misunderstood on Steemit. Your ability to access and organize information will be a crucial skill going forward. Starting your own structured curation process might be great practice!
Techno-literacy
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
technology is great, but we need to understand the hidden costs, this post explores the concept of techno literacy as developed originally by Kevin Kelly. Has some very useful advice.
Taking responsibility for your own learning
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
After reading (and ok I wrote some...) several posts slamming the education system it occured to me that we need to take responsibility for our own learning. The good news: the education system no longer has a monopoly on education. Decentralize education!!!

CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION

“Our old idea is that work is defined by employers and that employees have to do whatever the employer wants…but actually, you would like him to come up with an interpretation that you like—he’s adding something personal—a creative element.”
—Michael Jung, Senior Consultant at McKinsey and Company source

Having valuable ideas
By @the-traveller
Why you should read it:
Exploring a post by James Altucher about some tactics to become an idea machine yourself.

5 STEEMIT RELATED

Older post on @steemitblog that is interesting to read to understand the plans in 2017
Thanks to @blevley to resurface this!

6 STEEMIAN CURATORS AND AUTHORS

Curators

I am glad that there are other Steemians who have expressed interest or already started their own curation posts. I would love to add yours!

@steemdeepthink
This is an especially interesting initiative by a few Steemians who all have good track records of producing quality content.

@abishai
@alexander.alexis
@philosophist
@snakiest
Check out the introduction post to understand the concept.
Their curation goal is centered on posts concerning the humanities.
Our hope is to gather together a group of people excited about the humanities - philosophy, education, history, religion, etc. @SteemDeepThink is on the hunt for Steemit writers who are putting in time and effort toward writing quality content. With a growing collective of writers, it will be easier for many to find a community of like-minded individuals within Steemit.

@Quinneaker's excellent and regular curation post

Quinn's Quality Content Curation ~(~Q2C2~)~ Episode 7
By @quinneaker
Why should you read it?
As I indicated in my other post on what constitutes good curation, @quinneaker gives context and explains why you should read it. His focus is on posts about writing, steemit, cryptocurrency. Also he is very regular in his curation (props! That takes effort! Well done and an example for myself to follow.)

My Shiners of the Week #3 from Operation Curation Delegation (OCD)! (New User Content Spotlight
By @ma1neevent
Why should you check it out?
Beautiful curation effort by @ma1neevent with explanations why you should read each post on the list.

Please mention other great authors and curators in the comments below and I will gladly mention their or your efforts in my future library posts!
If I find more, I will add them to this list.

SBD's EARNED BY THE CURATION POST WILL BE SHARED :

1 winner for best post suggestion

1 winner for best re-steem (must explain why you resteemed)

source

What else am I missing with this article, agree? Don’t agree? Have suggestions?

I would love to have your comment, I am still running my July experiment! Maybe you can win some decent money. Anything thought provoking is great. Disagree, fantastic! Let me know! Have a question? Even better, a great question is sometimes better than a page long comment!

So please comment, question, challenge and RESTEEM to get as many people in the conversation as possible.