TED Radio Hour

How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet

Freitag, 14. November 2025 · 50 min

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Online linguist Adam Aleksic explains how he goes viral decoding internet slang. Plus, why making a living online means working for “the algorithm,” in part 2 of our creator economy series.

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