Ivana Putri

“But in the influencer economy, drama is always to be monetised, and so on 5 April 2019, a tearful Jessy took out her camera, fixed her ponytail and began to record a monologue for YouTube with the caption ‘STOP REPORTING MY INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT’:”
― Symeon Brown, Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

“In contrast, you can’t achieve an aspiration or outcome at any given moment. You cannot suddenly get better sleep. You cannot lose twelve pounds at dinner tonight. You can only achieve aspirations and outcomes over time if you execute the right specific behaviors.”
― B.J. Fogg, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything

“The belief that its anonymity makes it valuable is what drives consumer faith in it, despite it being impractical as a daily currency, unprotected by governments, too volatile to be used for saving and having no universally accepted intrinsic value like gold. It is this herd behaviour that started the newest and biggest gold rush, featuring crypto geeks, gamblers and ordinary working people with fears of missing out.”
― Symeon Brown, Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

“Online delusion is a necessity when the reality is so unflattering. In a world where we are encouraged to fake it, the first person you have to convince is yourself. Self-deception is the first step in an economy that thrives off the need to present such demeaning work as worthwhile. After that, everyone else is easier to fool.”
― Symeon Brown, Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy