{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 472: Speculative Investing Made Personal","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/44fad2b2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":939,"description":"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:\"Verified: Self-presentation, identity management, and selfhood in the age of big data\" by Alison Hearn in Self-(Re)presentation Now\"The Truth About Influence\" by Alison Hearn in Re-thinking Mediations of Post-Truth Politics and TrustPsychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han\"What 'You' and 'We' Say About Me\" by Ariana OrvellAs always, find an essay version of today's episode at whatworks.fyi","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}