The Creator Economy Is A Race To The Bottom For Human Dignity

This piece skews a bit much towards digital marketing agency speak for my liking, but it does make some valuable points about the "cruel paradox" of the so-called creator economy. Successful influencers become successful because the way they communicate their humanity is appealing, but the very process of sharing and distributing this part of themselves slowly kills said humanity. This is what I was trying to get at in my social media essay when I said that I came to realise that "the so-called creator economy is a blatant pyramid scheme underwritten by some of the worst corporations in the world".

The Creator Economy Is a Race to the Bottom for Human Dignity

The hidden costs and house of cards in the age of influence

ZINEMatt Klein

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