About this episode

Lana Poulson reflects on the implications of fame and monetization in the age of social media, emphasizing the importance of maintaining joy in creative work.

We’re living in a time where attention is currency and everything seems to come with a price tag. In this chapter, I reflect on fame, monetization, social media metrics, privacy, and why I’ve chosen to keep my creative work free. Not because I can’t monetize it — but because I don’t want to lose the joy of it. When the world measures your worth in engagement, how do you protect your soul?

People in this episode

Host: Lana Poulson

Topics covered

• fame
• monetization
• social media
• privacy
• creative work
• engagement

Keywords

• attention
• currency
• price tag
• social media metrics
• worth
• soul

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