Poster's Grindset ft. Symeon Brown
Added 2022-03-08 11:07:03 +0000 UTCThis week, Hussein talks to journalist, producer and author Symeon Brown (@symeonbrown), about his new book "Get Rich or Lie Tryin' :Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy". We talk about how hustles, scams and cons have become all but ubiquitous features, not just of influencer economies, but internet culture itself- and how a digital environment built on shams and deceit have been weaponised by everyone from big corporations and governments, to teens in their bedrooms selling bootleg Fortnite skins. We then talk about why people are drawn to these types of scams and what that might suggest about contemporary relationships in digital culture, as well as the consequences we'll see from a generation, for whom digital culture is augmented into every aspect of their lives.
You can purchase a copy of Symeon's book here: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/get-rich-or-lie-trying/
Read an excerpt of Symeon's Book here: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/feb/24/hustle-and-hype-the-truth-about-the-influencer-economy
Comments
The above story is brought to us by a local television station in New Delhi, which I’m sure was equally full of deeply normal gymfluencers mourning the news.
Elsie Hupp
2022-03-09 13:11:10 +0000 UTC(The Chads at Virgin felt threatened, too.)
Elsie Hupp
2022-03-09 13:08:25 +0000 UTCI’m sure Richard Branson himself felt personally threatened by this episode.
Elsie Hupp
2022-03-09 13:07:54 +0000 UTCI’m trying to look up the gymfluencer video, and the first thing I found was instead this video about a COVID-denying Ukrainian gymfluencer who died of COVID back in October 2020. I think it really illustrates how, much like the British, Ukrainians are a deeply normal people, and Ukraine is a deeply normal country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mx8_N-EVcs
Elsie Hupp
2022-03-09 13:06:59 +0000 UTCAPOLOGIES for the broken file from earlier- sadly, I have a janky internet connection, as the Chads at virgin media are trying to silence my ideas. The file should now be working. Thanks!
Ten Thousand Posts
2022-03-08 13:20:01 +0000 UTCAh oh no! thanks for flagging. I'll re upload this today - HK
Ten Thousand Posts
2022-03-08 13:13:59 +0000 UTCFile bronk?
Callum
2022-03-08 11:48:25 +0000 UTC
