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Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Update: 2025-07-15
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Oh man Ezra Klein and Kyla Scanlon’s latest chat got me thinking about context collapse surrounding betting and how we relate to it in an economy where attention is the foundation to change. Also take a shot every time I say “himself”. Would love your thoughts, thanks for watching <3 


0:00 - We’ve built an attention lottery

1:21 - Attention is the new loss leader
1:50 - Entertain or Perish
2:29 - Rizz marketing and embracing cheating (trolling for gain)

4:27 - Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial Man’s Best Friend
5:57 - Betting on our literal future

6:25 - Context collapse: betting markets and flattening importance 

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Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

Kate Brunotts