Okay, this isn't really an episode about speculative investing. Well, it is. But I'm not talking about crypto or meme stocks. I'm talking about the challenges of living and working as a speculative investment.Today's episode is a brief reflection on self-speculation, the "anticipatory, speculative self," and why the second person is so ubiquitous on social media. Footnotes:<ul><li>"Verified: Self-presentation, identity management, and selfhood in the age of big data" by Alison Hearn in Self-(Re)presentation Now</li><li>"The Truth About Influence" by Alison Hearn in Re-thinking Mediations of Post-Truth Politics and Trust</li><li>Psychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han</li><li>"What 'You' and 'We' Say About Me" by Ariana Orvell</li></ul>As always, find an essay version of today's episode at <a href="http://whatworks.fyi">whatworks.fyi</a>

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EP 473: Unpacking Attention Fetishism with Jess Shane

Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.