What Is the Symbolic Economy of Twitter?

There's no wealth on Twitter. You can't spend anything, you can only sort of offer something in a sense of, is this going to do numbers? Pure equivalence to numbers, pure equivalence, feel flattening down to exchange. Elon Musk has made mistakes from a leadership perspective and from a social capital perspective. He's crying on Twitter about being a ratioed by Stephen King. But moreover, he's in violation of this sort of tacit Machiavellianism that takes place in the semiosphere of Twitter.

Play episode from 23:27

Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!

Get the app