influencer culture has elevated the weakest among us to leadership roles
a society with weak leaders is a failed society
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It is somewhat remarkable that some influencers are seen as experts, given they are mostly scripted. Convenient if you want control, however.
Micro propagandists
When fame replaces wisdom, decay becomes structural. Weak leaders are not just personal failures — they’re collective symptoms.
That was democracy actually
"The loudest is right"
a society with leaders is a failed society
has there ever been a society without leaders?
Swallows and Amazons is an interesting delve into leadership:
There are no leaders!! Just people
empty vessels make the most sound.
or in the context of leadership: the fish rots from the head.
i saw a doco today about Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler in the Phillipines sentenced to 100 years for jounalistic integrity. a true leader we could all learn from.
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we’ve traded in strong leaders for strong filters
the best leaders are the reluctant ones
good leaders see it as duty, not a fulfillment of their ego
social network algorithms, driven by their “business models”, promote broken leaders
Are you sure we aren't just calling people we dont like influencers and people we do like are thought leaders? Or some title with more prestige?
What defines an influencer anyway? Anyone with more than 10k?
an influencer is someone who encourages their audience to rely on them in order to monetize their attention above everything else
here are the screenshots
we need new technologist archetypes in the AI era
The FIAT system rewards state corruption.
We have strong leaders in Bitcoin 🫡
Leaders 😩
It’s student council times 10000000
I think Lyn Alden touched on this a while back. If you make a living in any way by the size of a “audience”, you will cater to what the “data” tells you.
I’ve been running my own experiments and see this come to light.
yes, engagement at all cost
I can say or post anything that basically says “fuck government” and it is received well.
Post a well put together thought, searching for authentic engagement/discussion…crickets.
Mind boggling. They crave the gladiatorial combat over thought provoking discussion. “Are you not entertained?!” Takes on a whole new meaning.
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"Influencer culture" is just us. We did this. We let a bunch of useless storytellers lead us around with narratives.
#value4value counters this to some degree, at least at a personal level/scale, perhaps the most important level too. It builds community around those we choose support and identify with, rather than whoever a corporate algo chooses for us.
Just dance to the ad-optimized algorithm’s tune if you wanna be the next puppet on the show.
Truth 🧡
And sometimes people try to put themselves in a leadership role where they’re not qualified to do so and I’m seeing that in the Bitcoin space over and over again just because your voice is loud. Doesn’t mean you know what you’re talking about.
There are also a lot of normal people like me live normally day-to-day who are not rich understand Bitcoin and what even a little bit of it can do to help
agreed.
Absolutely. The health influencers are the worst. They make up value where there is none. Followers ≠ clinical experience.
Turn, turn, turn….
I tell my kids everyday…
“Being Smart Isn’t Dumb, and Being Dumb Isn’t Smart”
I don’t care how cool that kids life on YouTube looks, he’s got no use-case in the world.
