Nadia Eghbal (@nayafia) of Substack joins Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

• How the internet changes how we find meaning and why new religions haven’t emerged from the internet yet.

• The future of newspapers and publishing, and what happens if people can go direct to the reporters they trust via tools like Substack and others.

• Her interest in the economics of content creators on the internet.

• Shamelessness as a strategy.

• Status on the internet and whether it’s really zero sum.

• Global cooperation and local versus global impacts.

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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Grace Chen is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.