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To be fair, I would re-phrase the author's thought as "I wrote an SaaS product because I believed it would get me rich and I went and scoured the internet for
by kumarvvr 6y ago
To be fair, I would re-phrase the author's thought as
"I wrote an SaaS product because I believed it would get me rich and I went and scoured the internet for a well that echos my thoughts"
The author speaks about exactly one example, that,I guess I can say inspired him to get going with his idea.
No, The internet did not convince him. He convinced himself using the internet to find evidence for a conclusion he already reached.
- mellosouls 6y agoIf you rephrased his thought like that you would take all humour out of it; humour being clearly the intent of his chosen phrasing.
- kumarvvr 6y agoMaybe I am wrong, but the article doesn't come off as satirical.
- mellosouls 6y agoThe title is just intended as a good-natured dig at his own experience (I made literally TENS of dollars) drawing on the gullible-get-rich-quick trope, nothing more.
- kumarvvr 6y agoOhh ok. But I cannot edit / remove my original post, it has too many votes. :-D
- rohan1024 6y agoOfftopic: The Internet is the place where one can always find well that echos one's thoughts. I wonder if that is the reason our society has become so polar. It's not even limited to specific country, this can be observed throughout the world.
- cafard 6y agoI think you would find it enlightening to read a history of radio, notably but only talk radio, or if you can't find one, write it. And before there was radio, many or most newspapers had a particular axe to grind.
- sizzle 6y agoConfirmation bias?