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My First Million · December 14, 2023 · 50m
The Creator Economy Is Dying. Here's What's Next.
Sam and Shaan argue the creator economy is maturing: ad rates are falling, audience attention is fragmenting, and the 'become a creator' gold rush is over. What's next: creators as business owners, not just content producers.
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Shaan: creators who go viral face a brutal hedonic treadmill. The viral hit sets the expectation. Every subsequent piece feels like a failure because it doesn't match the peak. The treadmill turns one lucky hit into permanent dissatisfaction.
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Sam: many creators build a content persona (energetic, controversial, always positive) that becomes a cage. The performance self (false self) gets the views, but the real person (true self) feels trapped behind it.
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