Kyle Harrison
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Trust Me, I'm Lying

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Author
Ryan Holiday
Published
2012
Pages
336
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: How the online media economy’s incentives can be played from the outside — written by someone who was doing the playing.

Where I saw it: A reply to @WillManidis’s question on X, June 2, 2025 — “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/willmanidis/status/1929527399718269081

Connections

  • what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • Ryan Holiday
  • Media
  • Journalism
  • Marketing