I'll play along with the author. I haven't made my mind up whether I think the author is right, but I'll play along, because from that perspective I have a coup

I'll play along with the author. I haven't made my mind up whether I think the author is right, but I'll play along, because from that perspective I have a couple of things to note. ----- > So next time you're faced with a tough decision, consider the path that makes a more interesting story. If it turned out to be the wrong decision to have made, you'd at least be fun at dinner parties. The issue is that a good story enhances the propagation quality of a particular set of concepts that relate back to you in this case. I daresay that the quicker you can make your story into a meme, the higher that propagation quality will go -- attracting all kinds of success for you in the process. There is however one huge huge issue with this. It is devoid of ethics! By that I am not saying it's evil. But it does mean it can be used for evil purposes, and it has (e.g. Enron, vaporware companies). Moreover, if you do not decide about the ethics of a story, then you might risk that you're secretly going to lead a very narcisistic life. It might be successful, but it ultimately might not be the best you can do or the best you can be. I hear you saying: "and you're supposed to tell what it is? You? A random guy on the internet?" I'm going to tell you what it is. :) Next to optimizing for story also optimize for: bringing the future present and optimizing for humanity as a whole. From this perspective I think Elon Musk could be considered a role model. His story is much cooler than any rock star has or also much cooler than Tim Ferriss his story. Why? Because those stories don't add that much to humanity (Tim did have a couple of things, but Elon is disrupting that part with Neuralink). Stories like Bill Gates eliminating whatever disease ails the planet is awesome, that he made Microsoft is a fun story, but it's peanuts compared to his work of setting up a team that's playing for a demi god. Amazing stories have altruism towards humanity, without it things can still sound cool but it will make us blindsided to simply things that sound cool. Eventually that's not the best you can be. ----- Alright, that was me playing along. I'm still not sure what I think of this concept, or my own opinion/story on the matter. I feel the thinking is too heuristic-based, like something isn't fully thought through. I can't put my finger on it. But it was fun to play along, and from that perspective I'd vouch for more altruism towards humanity and sci-fi awesomeness to be incorporated into anyone's life story!