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Get Rich or Lie Trying
- Narrated by: Jake Fairbrother
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
More than one-fifth of children want to become influencers, and it's easy to understand why. What if you could escape economic uncertainty by winning the internet's attention? What if you could turn the adoration of your social media followers into a lucrative livelihood?
But as Symeon Brown explores in this searing exposé, the reality is much murkier. From IRL streamers in LA to Brazilian butt lifts, from sex workers on OnlyFans to fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes, these are the incredible stories that lurk behind the filtered selfies and gleaming smiles.
Exposing the fraud, exploitation, bribery and dishonesty at the core of the influencer model, Get Rich or Lie Trying asks if our digital rat race is costing us too much. Revealing a broken economy resembling a pyramid scheme, this incredible blend of reportage and analysis will captivate and horrify you in equal measure.
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- Ann-Marie
- 08-03-22
Great take on influencer culture
Well read and well told story, listened in a single day in 1 sitting.
Really learned a lot about the dark side of influencer culture. I like that the perspective was through the lens of a black British man, which perhaps centered some types of influencers or victims of influencing who would otherwise be overlooked by the mainstream.
More young people should read stories like this.
Well done Symeon!
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- Amara
- 04-04-22
Amazing
Loved it super incitful for where we are and perhaps the hell we are heading.
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- AngelaClaire78
- 09-03-22
Fascinating
I learned so much from this and it has changed my perspective on social media.
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- I 8 Binners
- 15-08-22
its ok. tries a little too be like Jon Ronson
but doesn't quite fit the spot when listening. also didn't think the narrator brought much to the book, if anything made it worse
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- Ke Donn
- 30-06-22
Great listen
Really interesting book about how people prostitute themselves through the Internet and social media. Kept me riveted throughout
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- DerbySun
- 28-03-22
Superb, informative and eye opening
Great pace, strong content and very entertaining. Would highly recommend.
The online space is the new Wild West.
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- SMH
- 01-04-22
A strong and well paced read.
I really enjoyed listening to this and got through it all in one go. It’s very well paced and has some great albeit sad stories featured about the lives of influencers and social media content creators. Would have liked for there to have been a better conclusion and summary about all of the events he’d encountered, but it was brilliant all the same. A real mirror into what our society has become.
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- Lucy
- 01-04-22
Accents
I really liked the guys voice but I think he could have done away with the accents.
The content itself was interesting too, I just think the author at times inserted his opinions too much (considering it’s non-fiction)
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- Mike Emeny
- 04-04-22
Interesting, if detached delve into the world of influencers.
As a fan of Jon Ronson, I was drawn to this book and compelled to pick it up.
I had envisioned an intimate portrait of influencers, getting into their personal stories and uncovering shocking, scandalous details.
There is plenty of shocking stats and facts revealed in the murky world of influencers. It opened my eyes to the concept of fast fashion and showed me how gullible so many unfortunate people are when it comes to pyramid schemes.
It was all delivered in a detached way though. The odd name mentioned and explored, but mostly broad brushstrokes of ‘this is what really happens.’
Add to that, a narrator I did not get on with, especially when doing ‘voices’ for characters. He failed to give this book life, and that did not help what is otherwise an interesting investigation.
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- Me Carson
- 25-08-22
Prescient, informed and contagious.
A necessary examination of a world of get rich quick tips and tricks most of us think we are too smart to fall for. Until you realise how far in wr akready are. Great journalism and stories well told.
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