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Gaining fortune through fame is a sucker's game. Those with real fortunes attempt to avoid fame because it costs way more than it brings in. Once you hit that

Gaining fortune through fame is a sucker's game. Those with real fortunes attempt to avoid fame because it costs way more than it brings in. Once you hit that point of requiring private security, suddenly you're locked in and you need to keep the money coming in (via your fame) to protect yourself from the risk (associated with your fame). Plus it breeds the worst sort of social habits and incentives if you gain fame early in your life. It's so easy for young girls (who are even mildly attractive) with poor parents to get roped into this thing. It's the same perverse incentives that cause prostitutes to get their own daughters into the "family business" (which happens more often than you think). What you get validation from in your teenage years has a huge impact on what you strive for / put your effort into. Do the right thing for your kids long term and invest in them instead of cashing in on them.

screye 5y ago
> Gaining fortune through fame is a sucker's game There is great wisdom in this line. I would extend that to say that true freedom is the ability to 'do what you want, when you want.' Money is one pillar of this. It grants you the ability to have the material resources to do what you want. But, 2 confounders get in the way. Time and physical/environmental constraints. If you are gaining money (1 pillar) by compromising the others. Your net freedom stays the same. This includes all sort of suckers games: * Anonymity allows you to get away with anything without anyone noticing. Your example, addresses that freedom tradeoff. * Working long hours (in something unfulfilling) involves trading off time for money * Back breaking involves trading health for money A truly wealthy person is anonymous, rich and has all the time in the world, because they don't need to work to sustain their wealth.
duxup 5y ago
The whole striving for viewers and subscribers skews things. You see a lot of channels mimicking each other and so on. When the channel is “you” and you’re young I wonder what that means.

screye 5y ago

> Gaining fortune through fame is a sucker's game There is great wisdom in this line. I would extend that to say that true freedom is the ability to 'do what you want, when you want.' Money is one pillar of this. It grants you the ability to have the material resources to do what you want. But, 2 confounders get in the way. Time and physical/environmental constraints. If you are gaining money (1 pillar) by compromising the others. Your net freedom stays the same. This includes all sort of suckers games: * Anonymity allows you to get away with anything without anyone noticing. Your example, addresses that freedom tradeoff. * Working long hours (in something unfulfilling) involves trading off time for money * Back breaking involves trading health for money A truly wealthy person is anonymous, rich and has all the time in the world, because they don't need to work to sustain their wealth.

duxup 5y ago

The whole striving for viewers and subscribers skews things. You see a lot of channels mimicking each other and so on. When the channel is “you” and you’re young I wonder what that means.