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Some housekeeping for all subscribers, with bonus thoughts on the creator economy

I wanted to take a beat and thank all those who have signed up to this newsletter, including in the last week or so. The most recent article I posted, The End of Government As We Know It, went off, to say the least, and a lot of new people have found their way here because of it.

I want to say something about what “went off” means in this environment, and I will get to that, but I mainly wanted to thank you all for signing up and supporting the site. People are using the full range of subscription options, including the free option, the monthly payment option, the annual option, and even the Founding Member option. Others have used the Gift Subscription option, which I am really chuffed about.

I am also gratified that nearly everyone from the old Patreon site has now moved across here too and let me apologise again for the inconvenience of that. All things considered, though, I think I did the right thing in moving to Substack and it is opening possibilities not available at the old si…