Dr. Rowan Middleton

By 2025, the global digital creator economy stands as one of the most culturally influential—and economically misunderstood—phenomena of the post-pandemic world. In a widely circulated Gigabeat essay titled “The Permissionless Economy: Creativity, Algorithms, and the Creator’s Dilemma”, entrepreneur Nicholas Kinports… Read More »The Economics of Expression: A Data-Driven Rebuttal to the Promise of the Permissionless Economy

For over a decade, the Western world has been enthralled by social media. Policymakers, tech entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens alike have hailed platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as engines of social connection, economic growth, and even political empowerment.… Read More »The Social Media Experiment: How an Era of Unchecked Digital Optimism Set the Stage for Cultural Crisis