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Episode #71: Symbolic Capitalism and the Attention Game, Token Output as a Performance KPI, Choosing Your Intellectual Shoulders
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- Mar 19, 2026
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This week on The Learning Corner, Om Malik makes the case that reputation and perceived authority now convert faster than financial capital, and that the tech ecosystem has fully internalized that game. We then dig into a provocative LinkedIn post from CRV's Reid Christian, where CEOs are starting to build token output per month into formal performance reviews as a core KPI. We close with a thoughtful piece from Deciens on intellectual lineage and why choosing whose shoulders you stand on is one of the highest leverage decisions a founder or investor can make. Three reads, one tight conversation.