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Willa Paskin at Slate had an interesting take recently about how content creation has become the default endgame for politicians: https://slate.com/culture/2021
by gxqoz 6y ago
Willa Paskin at Slate had an interesting take recently about how content creation has become the default endgame for politicians: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/barack-obama-bruce-springsteen-podcast-michelle-netflix.html https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/barack-obama-bruce-springs...
"The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes."
- secfirstmd 6y agoWell better content deals than working for arms manufacturers?
- op03 6y agoThe reward systems and algos underlying Content are constantly changing and evolving, as their flaws/costs at scale get tallied up. So what politicians get propped up by these systems will change too.