How could Adam Neumann raise $350M, the largest single check ever raised from a16z, before he even has a product?
How could Donald Trump gain votes instead of lose them, while being investigated for espionage?
How could the Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev start a Hollywood career, when he just scammed innocent women out of millions?
In the age of social media, those devoid of integrity fail upwards.
About to fail? Fail notoriously.
Doing something stupid? Do it publicly.
Inciting controversy? Own it unapologetically.
We have built a society that rewards those who excite the extremes, who turn failures into confessions, scams into Netflix shows, crimes into persecutions.
In this economy of attention, the attention seekers win.
But how do we build an economy of integrity? Who will do it when the capital and eyeballs flow only one way?
How could Donald Trump gain votes instead of lose them, while being investigated for espionage?
How could the Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev start a Hollywood career, when he just scammed innocent women out of millions?
In the age of social media, those devoid of integrity fail upwards.
About to fail? Fail notoriously.
Doing something stupid? Do it publicly.
Inciting controversy? Own it unapologetically.
We have built a society that rewards those who excite the extremes, who turn failures into confessions, scams into Netflix shows, crimes into persecutions.
In this economy of attention, the attention seekers win.
But how do we build an economy of integrity? Who will do it when the capital and eyeballs flow only one way?