Tag: Scott Galloway

Scott Galloway Is Kind Of A Dick

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I “get” Scott Galloway’s shtick. He is the center-Left’s version of the center-Right’s Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson. There is an audience for a guy like him who has the same earnest, intense masculinity of a Rogan or Peterson, but, who, unlikely them, plays by the rules of the “woke cancel culture mob.”

But, sometimes, especially in the context of the writers’ strike going on in Hollywood at the moment, he can come across as something of a dick. His argument is not only is AI coming for writers, but shut up and be grateful for what you have (or something along those lines.)

In the last podcast he had with Kara Swisher, he really went in for the kill when it came to Hollywood writers, going on a very lengthy rant about why they shouldn’t go on strike to protect, on an existential basis, the very nature of human involvement in recorded media.

But, in general, I will admit that Galloway is pretty good at predictions and he is tolerable to my center-Left sensibilities. Which, of course, is probably part of the point.

What is so amusing is he comes from Central Casting when it comes to “center-Left masculinity guru” — he totally fits the part. If you were to imagine what someone with his current “center-Left masculinity thought leader professional” would look like….it would be him.

He’s successful, wealthy, handsome (tall) and cracks dick jokes that make white liberal women titter. Anyway, what do I know. He’s a success and people like him and I can’t even get anyone to read the public beta of my novel all the way through.

I Know More About Internet History Than Scott Galloway, Apparently

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I lived through the rise of the Internet and one thing I was obsessed with was micropayments. So, when I listened to the latest Pivot podcast and Scott Galloway ranted about how everything would be better now on the Internet if we had used micropayments instead of advertising, I started.

Now, I’m too lazy to give you specific names, but here, in general, what happened.

In short, the reason why we didn’t use micropayments as the basis for supporting the digital economy is Visa bought up all the micropayment companies then smothered them. So, there you go. With that done, the digital economy, out of desperation, turned to advertising instead with all the problems that entails.

I love the idea of micropayments, but Visa saw their widespread use as a direct threat to their bottomline, so they killed the technology to protect themselves. It’s all under the digital bridge now.