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The teachable newsletter is increasingly indistinguishable from prosperity gospel 😐 The “creator economy” has acquired a permanent aftertaste of Napoleon Hill desperation. The target audience of the platforms now is apparently financially desperate people, not “creators” per se
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If “creation” were this kind of deeply joyless hustle for me, I’d rather quit. But the platform marketing isn’t wrong. The Desperates are the core, sadly. And if you’re mainly in the audience you know the median thing is coming from a place of desperation.
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If you’re in a bad place financially, and looking for a way out in the creator economy, my sympathies. Tough spot if you’re crying and hurting on the inside and the only way you can think of to make a living is effectively laughing, singing, and dancing for others.
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Only suggestion I have is to try and make your out-of-desperation money in a way that doesn’t require performing emotions that are the opposite of the way you feel. You’ll only get grinder output that way and pay the cost later in voidbucks.
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"Next week on the pod, how do you find your deeply joyless hustle? Gig guru Venkatesh Rao will be joining us to explain how the right sort of joylessness can make it all worthwhile."
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