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Tentacles - the podcast from Crown & Reach
Tom Kerwin
22 episodes
1 day ago

Hi, we’re Tom and Corissa from Crown & Reach, and this is Tentacles.


With over 100 episodes behind us, this might just be the best bad podcast out there. Unfiltered, unedited, and deeply curious.


We talk strategy, sense-making, and the blurry edges between work and the rest of life — because sometimes, the only way through the fog is to feel your way forward, limbs outstretched.


While we're migrating podcasts across, you can find all the goodness from our first 100 or so episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hi, we’re Tom and Corissa from Crown & Reach, and this is Tentacles.


With over 100 episodes behind us, this might just be the best bad podcast out there. Unfiltered, unedited, and deeply curious.


We talk strategy, sense-making, and the blurry edges between work and the rest of life — because sometimes, the only way through the fog is to feel your way forward, limbs outstretched.


While we're migrating podcasts across, you can find all the goodness from our first 100 or so episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Entrepreneurship
Technology,
Business,
Management
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122: Platform Incentive Gravity
Tentacles - the podcast from Crown & Reach
16 minutes 21 seconds
1 month ago
122: Platform Incentive Gravity

Platform incentive gravity: it's why all the rental bikes end up at the bottom of hills, and why the most "popular" game on Roblox rewards you for doing absolutely nothing.


Tom's teenagers declare Roblox dead, overrun by "slop games" where 200 million people "play" by opening the game and walking away. Meanwhile, the rich, creative games they actually love are withering with tiny player counts.


We explore how platform economics create a gravitational pull toward the lowest common denominator—and what this reveals about meaning, metrics, and the hollowing out of engagement across all digital spaces.


Including-but-not-limited-to:


  • Why the most popular Roblox game rewards you for pressing zero keys
  • The bike rental study that perfectly explains platform incentive gravity
  • How gamification strips meaning in service of metrics
  • Why Tom's teenagers are already jumping ship to find actual creativity
  • The connection between AFK mechanics, auto-clickers, and social media engagement
  • Trail Makers vs. slop games: what actually captivates vs. what just accumulates hours
  • Whether this connects to a broader meaning-making crisis
  • How to recognise when you're trapped in someone else's incentive structure



Find out more about us and our work at crownandreach.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tentacles - the podcast from Crown & Reach

Hi, we’re Tom and Corissa from Crown & Reach, and this is Tentacles.


With over 100 episodes behind us, this might just be the best bad podcast out there. Unfiltered, unedited, and deeply curious.


We talk strategy, sense-making, and the blurry edges between work and the rest of life — because sometimes, the only way through the fog is to feel your way forward, limbs outstretched.


While we're migrating podcasts across, you can find all the goodness from our first 100 or so episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/triggerstrategy


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.