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I don't really see how that contradicts what I said.
by stevenwei 14y ago
I don't really see how that contradicts what I said.
- ky3 14y agoThe perfect scam is the self-fulfilling prophecy [1]: Write a book titled "How to make millions writing ebooks." Suppose it goes on to make millions. Done. Now suppose a guy named Jack flew to the moon. He writes a book "How I flew to the moon." It makes millions. He blogs about "How I made millions selling a book about how I flew to the moon." See the difference? [1] Especially pernicious in stock market pump-and-dumps.
- stevenwei 14y agoI never said these products were scams.
- ahoyhere 14y agoNot outright; you implied it. By saying: > "how to make more money doing X" and then 6 months later writing a blog post saying "how I made $Y selling a book/course on how to make more money doing X". Which is not what Brennan is doing or has done, as the previous commenter so clearly explained out.
- stevenwei 14y agoNo, I didn't imply that at all. My other comment[1] suggests that I think the opposite. > Which is not what Brennan is doing or has done, as the previous commenter so clearly explained out. If we fill in the blanks in that line: he wrote a book telling you "how to make more money freelancing" and then a few months later wrote a blog post saying "I made $33,024 selling a book on how to make more money freelancing". It seems to me that he did exactly what I stated. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4986263 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4986263
- ky3 14y agoWould you care to explain the source of your initial discomfort then?