Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

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Grumpy Young Lady

Kate Brunotts

38 episodes

1 week ago

Hi! My name is Kate and I'm an artist and musician. I like to share my creations, and I also have a series called Kattle Considerations and Grumpy Young Lady. I post them here for convenience, sometimes it's about art, othertimes it's about culture and *society* at large. Thanks for listening.

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Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Grumpy Young Lady

11 minutes 12 seconds

3 months ago

Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Oh man Ezra Klein and Kyla Scanlon’s latest chat got me thinking about context collapse surrounding betting and how we relate to it in an economy where attention is the foundation to change. Also take a shot every time I say “himself”. Would love your thoughts, thanks for watching <3

0:00 - We’ve built an attention lottery

1:21 - Attention is the new loss leader
1:50 - Entertain or Perish
2:29 - Rizz marketing and embracing cheating (trolling for gain)

4:27 - Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial Man’s Best Friend
5:57 - Betting on our literal future

6:25 - Context collapse: betting markets and flattening importance