Creator Economy

Biological Parallel

Creator economy: individuals monetize unique content/skills. Biology's version: specialists exploiting novel niches. Hummingbirds are 'creators'—hovering flight and long bills access nectar resources unavailable to generalist birds. The strategy: develop unique capabilities that create defensible niches. But creator dependence is risky: hummingbirds starve without flowers; specialist predators die when prey disappear. Generalists have stable but modest returns; specialists have feast-or-famine. Evolution maintains both: the creator economy exists alongside the commodity economy. Specialism is high-risk, high-reward.