In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

The background for this parable is that tax collectors and sinners came to hear the Lord Jesus by multitudes. The scribes and Pharisees criticized him because of this. Jesus responded to their ...

Over the last decade, new online platforms have made it easier than ever to go from anonymity to online fame and fortune, but that viral success can also come at a cost. From our Planet Money podcast, ...