Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Meta has learned to monetize rage more effectively than sex. With US public anger at record levels following the 2024 election, Scott Galloway predicts Meta's February earnings call will be staggering — because the angrier Americans get, the more profitable Meta becomes.
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The forward-looking segment opens with the week's scheduled events: the Fed's December interest rate decision and earnings reports from Nike and FedEx. But Scott's prediction is the main event, and it's characteristically provocative. He argues that his interrupted routine of spending time in London and only returning to the US every couple of months gives him an outsider's perception of change — like noticing a child has grown when you haven't seen them in weeks. What he notices is a dramatic rise in community rage: everyone is angry, dissatisfied, polarized. And Meta, Scott argues, has figured out that rage is more profitable than sex in digital advertising. The company has monetized discord, polarization, and outrage to a degree never seen before, and with the 2024 election cycle presumably driving that to new highs, Scott predicts the February earnings call will 'just blow away expectations.' His framing is darkly elegant: the profitability of Meta is a blood pressure reading for rage in America, and right now that blood pressure is off the charts. [1] — Scott Galloway "Meta has learned to monetize rage more effectively than sex. With US public anger at record levels following the 2024 election, Scott Gallo…" 58:50
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