lifestyle vlogging is a trap

📥 sign up for my newsletter: https://cecexie.substack.com/ 🎙️ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Wkb44PEYlsB9AGEbeedx5 🎙️ APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-workshopping/id1648555789 [timestamps] 0:00 - intro 1:40 - humans are natural mimics 6:19 - mimetic theory 8:48 - life commodification 10:49 - problem #1: precession of the simulacrum 15:12 - problem #2: "you're no longer relatable" 17:46 - problem #3: self-identity threat 22:32 - lifestyle vlogging is the MLM of digital content [references] https://mimetictheory.com/what-it-is-2/ https://mashable.com/article/youtube-influencers-quit-jobs-brooke-miccio-natalie-barbu https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2017.1288611?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab 🖥️ join my discord: https://discord.gg/vFTnphbrzA 🚨 share your biglaw horror and non-horror stories with me: https://cecexie.com/your-biglaw-story ✍️ submit a question to ask cece: https://cecexie.com/ask-cece 🫶 support my work: https://www.patreon.com/cecexie 💕 f o l l o w m e 💞 @cecexie everywhere instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cecexie/ tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cecexie twitter: https://twitter.com/cecexie website: https://www.cecexie.com 🎶 m u s i c 🎵 all music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/UeKSDO0gWF/ ❓ F A Q s ❓ how old are you? 31 ('91 baby) which schools did you go to? yale (undergrad) and harvard (law school) what did you major in? economics what was your gpa and lsat score? 3.86/176 what sign/MBTI/enneagram are you? aries, ENFJ, 3w4 are you sure you're not a virgo? no part of my star chart is virgo or an earth sign, i swear