Gossip as Social Currency
4 min readMay 30, 2019
Gossip is a form of legal tender, a social coinage we enjoy spending or saving
To hear gossip is like finding coins in the street. “I can use this later,” you may think as someone tells you something, in a whispered hush, or from a quiet place. Some people freely give their gossip away. They are the spendthrifts of this information economy. They are the big tippers…