With the explosive growth of podcasts seeking ever more obscure guests, “being interviewed” will soon carry no prestige. What will be the next previously exclusive thing to be bled dry by digital media?
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That makes sense but the scarcity dynamics are still at work I think. I’ve noticed podcasts having to step up their game to stand out and attract good guests: video tapes, good design, nice website, lots of editing to make you sound smarter, etc
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Whereas first gen of podcasts had incredible guests just by virtue of existing
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ooh, there’s a mixed metaphor in here about public intellectuals creating publics, and sports athletes “running into space” (“skate to where the puck is going”). Discerning the vector that a public is aligning towards and then setting up your Ted talk soapbox there
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"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader." — Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (might be apocryphal)
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No signal, all signalling.
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