This week, Hussein talks to journalist, producer and author Symeon Brown (@symeonbrown), about his new book "Get Rich or Lie Tryin' : Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy". We talk about how hustles, scams and cons have become all but ubiquitous features, not just of influencer economies, but internet culture itself- and how a digital environment built on shams and deceit have been weaponised by everyone from big corporations and governments, to teens in their bedrooms selling bootleg Fortnite skins. We then talk about why people are drawn to these types of scams and what that might suggest about contemporary relationships in digital culture, as well as the consequences we'll see from a generation, for whom digital culture is augmented into every aspect of their lives. --------

You can purchase a copy of Symeon's book here: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/get-rich-or-lie-trying/