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If you want to see how this works in realtime on a more digestible scale, watch how Hollywood works. One day it’ll be “We need our own John Wick” and then it’ll
by 23B1 3y ago
If you want to see how this works in realtime on a more digestible scale, watch how Hollywood works. One day it’ll be “We need our own John Wick” and then it’ll be “we need a Top Gun!”
Humans are fickle and will do whatever to chase a buck. Nothing new there. You can day-trade the latest trend and sure you might make a buck - but typically the social, repetitional, and personal cost isn’t worth it.
I think what is new is that people are now realizing that it is so widespread across many institutions thanks to the internet. The trick is to not let yourself get caught up in brutally short hypecycles and to not get used by people who are – including the VCs.
Slow is smooth is fast. Chase the multiplier, not the moment.
- doctorhandshake 3y agoI don’t care for the man but I did appreciate Roger Stone’s description of the three phases of fame: 1) Who is Roger Stone 2) Get me Roger Stone 3) Get me a Roger Stone type
- svaha1728 3y agoIt also comes from the top. Those with capital are looking to invest in “X”. Even if I’m doing “Y” I feel the peer pressure to add “X” to it, because people will tell me my idea isn’t sustainable without it.