This week, a group of internet friends tried an experiment: what happens when you meet online and then come together IRL to build something? What ideas emerge when you create the open-ended space to explore them collectively? I've spent the past nine months building remote co-living cabins with high-speed internet

This is the 1st essay in a 5-part series on funding models for the creator economy 1. Funding the creator economy [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/funding-the-creator-economy/] 2. Avoiding the venture trap [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/avoiding-the-venture-trap/] 3. Cash rules everything around me [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/revenue/] 4. Shared income

This is the 2nd essay in a 5-part series on funding models for the creator economy 1. Funding the creator economy [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/funding-the-creator-economy/] 2. Avoiding the venture trap [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/avoiding-the-venture-trap/] 3. Cash rules everything around me [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/revenue/] 4. Shared income

This is the 3rd essay in a 5-part series on funding models for the creator economy 1. Funding the creator economy [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/funding-the-creator-economy/] 2. Avoiding the venture trap [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/avoiding-the-venture-trap/] 3. Cash rules everything around me [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/revenue/] 4. Shared income

This is the 4th essay in a 5-part series on funding models for the creator economy 1. Funding the creator economy [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/funding-the-creator-economy/] 2. Avoiding the venture trap [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/avoiding-the-venture-trap/] 3. Cash rules everything around me [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/revenue/] 4. Shared income

This is the 5th essay in a 5-part series on funding models for the creator economy 1. Funding the creator economy [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/funding-the-creator-economy/] 2. Avoiding the venture trap [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/avoiding-the-venture-trap/] 3. Cash rules everything around me [https://www.meatspacealgorithms.com/revenue/] 4. Shared income

One of the favorite past times of tech twitter during the pandemic has been predicting the next Silicon Valley. Austin, with its natural beauty, weird-chill vibe, flagship university, killer BBQ, and long history of technology companies is an obvious choice. Francis Suarez, with the hustle of a direct-to-consumer CBD salesman

Last Wednesday at 4:00am, bleary-eyed and freshly caffeinated, I watched in awe as a dozen people, many who had never met before, descended on my property and worked together to build something that may be there for hundreds of years. We are building a new Creator Cabin [https://www.