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YanceyKSRon Henry Rollins on defining success

Ian Mackaye was the first interview we did for The Creative Independent:

https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/ian-mackaye-and-br...

(TCI is a side-project launched by Kickstarter)

YanceyKSRon What happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money

there are more than 400 duane reades in nyc. after a merger/acquisition, walgreens and duane reades are cobranded in nyc (and i believe all will soon be duane reades). they're also in the process of buying rite aide too, so that number will greatly increase v soon

YanceyKSRon What happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money

it really is phrased perfectly, and i agree completely about the challenging tension of that question. i feel it distinctly, especially as i am expecting my first child in just a couple of months and i do not come from money.

i feel like the moment selling out became okay culturally coincided w/ file-sharing decimating the music industry and we all unconsciously thought, "well shit musicians have to make a living somehow" and then pop/indie/classic rock was in commercials and everyone was generally cool with it. and i don't have a big issue with it, and absolutely want to live in a world where artists can have sustainable lives through their craft and don't want certain avenues to be off-limits because they seem cheaper than others

but played out to the nth degree it just all becomes overwhelming and dispiriting. anyway, just wanted to say i really appreciated reading these two thoughts. i very much agree

YanceyKSRon Kickstarter passes $1B in pledges

This is posted on our public stats page, which is updated every couple of hours:

https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats

Lifetime, 86% of money pledged has been to funded projects ($859 million as of this writing). Just 12% has been to unsuccessfully funded projects. (The remaining money is currently live and its outcome undetermined.) The degree to which pledges are truly all or nothing has always surprised us. 80% of projects that raise 20% of their goal are eventually funded. It's a highly efficient system.

YanceyKSRon Kickstarter is now accepting Canadian projects

We're not "so restrictive." Our guidelines ask projects to be on-topic exactly like Hacker News' guidelines for comments do. We're a funding platform for creative projects. We built Kickstarter because we believed that there should be a space for creative ideas to be shared and find support. Every single guideline is there to support and strengthen that mission.