The Power of Independent Voices & How to Make It in the Gig Economy | Doomberg
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the first hour of today's conversation, Demetri and Doomberg discuss how to build a successful publishing company and what it takes to cultivate an audience in today's decentralized, networked economy and fragmented media ecosystem. They discuss what that process has been like for the Doomberg team, what goes into building a brand from scratch, and the opportunities that have emerged for independent voices, and how to capitalize on them.
In the second hour, they transition into a conversation about cancel culture, the power of platforms vs. audiences, and what it means to have a dedicated group of followers who are willing to go to defend you in the event that you end up in the crosshairs of the censors or a mob of activists. Demetri and Doomberg also discuss some of the topics that he writes about on his doomberg.substack.com page, including America's and Europe's energy policies, why he thinks they don't work, and what it will take in order to fix them. The two end with a more macro-oriented conversation about inflation and the influence of the economy on asset markets vs. the influence of monetary policy and which one is really in the driver's seat.
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Episode Recorded on 12/06/2021
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Gafinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces, |
| 0:06.4 | a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens to challenge consensus |
| 0:13.4 | narratives and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world. |
| 0:19.6 | My guest in this week's episode is a friend of mine, a very good friend of mine in fact, |
| 0:23.8 | who recently launched a newsletter, anonymously, mind you, and in the last six months since |
| 0:29.2 | launch, he and his team have added over 16,000 email subscribers, averaging 40,000 views per |
| 0:36.6 | piece. And his Twitter account, which they also launched in May of this year, has more followers |
| 0:41.6 | than I do. And I've had my account for over 10 years. So you can imagine just how successful |
| 0:47.6 | they've been in building a brand and in cultivating an audience, a skill set that is very important |
| 0:53.2 | in today's decentralized networked economy. And we spend the entire first hour of today's |
| 0:58.6 | conversation discussing what that process has been like, what goes into building a brand from |
| 1:03.8 | scratch, and the opportunities that have emerged for independent voices, who they benefit, |
| 1:09.1 | and how to capitalize on. In the second hour, we transition into a conversation about cancel culture |
| 1:15.1 | and the power of the platforms versus the power of the audience. And what it means to have a dedicated |
| 1:20.2 | group of followers who value you and what you do and are willing to go to bat for you, |
| 1:25.1 | in the event that you end up in the crosshairs of the sensors, or some righteous mob of activists. |
| 1:30.4 | Dumburg and I also discuss some of the topics of his newsletter, which you can find at dumburg.substac.com, |
| 1:38.2 | including America's and Europe's energy policies, why he thinks they don't work, |
| 1:42.6 | and what it would take to fix them, as well as a more macro-oriented conversation about inflation, |
| 1:48.2 | and the influence of the economy on asset markets versus the influence of monetary policy, |
| 1:53.2 | and which one is really in the driver's seat. As usual, the second hour is available to subscribers |
| 1:59.1 | only, which you can access at hiddenforces.io, slash subscribe, or directly through patreon at patreon.com, |
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