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> 2. Why are you picking a fight with a far stronger animal than yourself? Be realistic: settle the score and do something of value. You're talking about ratio

> 2. Why are you picking a fight with a far stronger animal than yourself? Be realistic: settle the score and do something of value. You're talking about rational self-interest, I'm talking about forcing an industry that's crucial and operating badly to step their game up. It's not rational self-interested, that's for damn sure. It's a principled stand. (Also, this is just a hobby, I have multiple day jobs.)

tankenmate 15y ago
tldr; The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
lhnz 15y ago
> I'm talking about forcing an industry that's crucial and operating badly to step their game up. No you're not. They're not banging on your door to work with you. They don't care about your business and they certainly won't want to hear your advice. Self-publishing your book is not some big, noble game-changing stand that is going to topple the publishing industry. A disinterested observer might call all of this a tantrum... It's simply not that easy to get people to "step their game up". It generally requires higher status: a powerful negotiating position, sense of shared purpose or dictatorial leadership over them. You have neither. What you do have is your own time and your own life. Use this wisely: don't waste any of your effort reacting to people in this way. If you truly wish to get them to "step their game up" then create a startup and directly compete with them. Self-publishing will take a while to scale but a startup could act as a catalyst... Distilled, here's my advice: When you're angry at people but lack an actionable plan on how to deal with them ignore them. Instead: find what you can control and use it to create value.

tankenmate 15y ago

tldr; The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

lhnz 15y ago

> I'm talking about forcing an industry that's crucial and operating badly to step their game up. No you're not. They're not banging on your door to work with you. They don't care about your business and they certainly won't want to hear your advice. Self-publishing your book is not some big, noble game-changing stand that is going to topple the publishing industry. A disinterested observer might call all of this a tantrum... It's simply not that easy to get people to "step their game up". It generally requires higher status: a powerful negotiating position, sense of shared purpose or dictatorial leadership over them. You have neither. What you do have is your own time and your own life. Use this wisely: don't waste any of your effort reacting to people in this way. If you truly wish to get them to "step their game up" then create a startup and directly compete with them. Self-publishing will take a while to scale but a startup could act as a catalyst... Distilled, here's my advice: When you're angry at people but lack an actionable plan on how to deal with them ignore them. Instead: find what you can control and use it to create value.