28 Sept. 2026

Artist's Economics 11: You Won. Now What?
By Lo Chan Peng I. And if you win, then what? Since we were kids, we've spent an enormous amount of time learning how to win. On exams we beat the other kids. In competitions we beat the other kids. O…
29 Sept. 2026

Artist's Economics 10 - A Reputation Built in Thirty Years, and Fame Bought in Three Days
I. Time Is Not a Scarce Good Every one of us is issued twenty-four hours a day. The rich, the poor, the gifted, the mediocre, the artist, the delivery rider waiting at a red light — nobody gets to dra…
7 July. 2026

Artist's Economics 09 - The Iron Throne
I. The Importance of the Human After I finished writing about that replaced horse in the last piece, one comment stayed with me for a long time. A friend wrote: humans have a human flavor, horses have…
1 July. 2026

Artist's Economics 08 - The Two-Hundred-Dollar Portrait, the One Drawn by AI at Home, and the Horse That Got Replaced
I. A video blew up online recently. The influencer Cai A-Ga took his child to have a street artist draw a portrait, and while they waited he filmed it, telling the kid with a grin: "One of these costs…
28 Nov. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 07: Selling Art Is Not Persuasion, but the Revelation of Truth
If an artist truly believes in their work, the essence of selling is not persuading others to believe — but revealing the truth you have already seen.
5 Nov. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 06: AI Agents
When skills can be packaged, deployed, and traded, the boundary of the human begins to blur. This article may be a little dangerous.
15 Oct. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 05: Leverage (1/2)
Leverage does only one thing — it amplifies. It magnifies good judgment and poor decisions alike. In the age of AI, it even begins to replace us.
28 Sept. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 04: Meditation
Leverage does not create power; it only amplifies it. Before we talk about leverage — can you truly control your own mind?
10 Sept. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 03: Three Forms of Compounding
Skills, trust, and brand — three forms of compounding that endure far longer than money, even across generations.
20 Aug. 2025

Artist’s Economics Notes 02: Compounding
What truly transforms a life is not a dramatic event, but small correct decisions, accumulated day after day.
