110. Journalist Taylor Lorenz on Social Media, Influencers, and Gen Z
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Taylor Lorenz has been chronicling digital culture and social media for The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and her current role at The Washington Post. She has made her name as an expert and well-sourced documentarian of the latest trends and cultural relevance of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vine, and TikTok.
Taylor joins Heath to discuss her new book Extremely Online: The Untold Store of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet, which chronicles the 20+ year evolution of the internet into a space where any person with a phone can become famous overnight.
Taylor also chats about the current state of Twitter/X, why Elon Musk may be rooting for his investment to fail, and the implications of generation and technology on the 2024 presidential elections.
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