{"id":629383,"date":"2024-08-30T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=629383"},"modified":"2024-08-30T16:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:41:39","slug":"how-to-become-famous-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/30\/how-to-become-famous-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become Famous!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The philosophy of famous and fame:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fame and money ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think a critical thing to consider is that fame and money are not the same thing or equatable. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcNor is it desirable to link the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, it seems that the foolish mistake people make is that they think of fame as a conduit for wealth. But technically\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the easiest way to become wealthy or make a bunch of money is to get a job in cyber security, become a lawyer or a doctor, or even work in sanitation and hygiene, doing a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dirty job\u00e2\u20ac\u0153, which could easily net you a lot of money, easily $200,000 a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So then the question is \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What is it that people seek, and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone wants to be happy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, it seems that what people really seek is not fame or money\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But happiness<\/a>. And people think of it like a simple scalar vector \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcequation: \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I increase my numbers, as I increase my moneys, as I increase my fame, my follower number or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 this positive increase will be positively equated with more positive happiness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What is this true? No!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll example\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Let us say that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the most famous person on the planet, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Brad Pitt or whatever, and your beautiful wife Angelina Jolie divorces you, you become estranged from your seven children, and nobody wants to call you or interact with you anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sorcery of happiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think the big issue here is we try to metricate happiness. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc
Once again, I think people lack some sort of critical understanding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We think of happiness like ones and zeros, commas and dollars<\/a>, numbers etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But some critical issues here: First, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize that 99% of social media and follower numbers are just bots<\/strong>. I think if you waved a magical wand, in order to delete all the bots on the Internet, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcit would reduce the internet population or the follower numbers by 99.9%. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you example\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 let us say that you see a famous person on the Internet with 1 billion followers. I bet you that 999 million of those are just bots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Numbers lie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Social media inflation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nobody ever thinks about this, but, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think anyone has ever made the connection between monetary inflation and social media inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us consider that it literally cost zero dollars to make a bot on the Internet. For less than a nickel, you could easily spin up 1 billion bots on Facebook Instagram Instagram Instagram Snapchat TikTok and you could create fake views, comments, likes, follower numbers etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc Most people are not critical and foolish. For example, obviously if you showed me your Instagram and you had 1 billion followers, in my mind I would just think well \u00e2\u20ac\u0153this person is very famous and successful and rich whatever.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But once again\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What if the person spent only about $2000 to get all those fake bot followers? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc and hoodwink corporations to give them money and free products, because they could show off these fake followers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even if you are a social media influencer, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re actually not making that much money. Let us say that you have 10 million followers or 100 million followers, and I asked you to promote its product to your phone, they might only give you about $5000 or maybe even $10,000\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Which is not that much money, if you think that you could make more money in cyber security penetration testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, it seems that what people then do is they desire to make their passion their living, and they think that social media is the way. It is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My simple ideas only only need 300 hard-core, Spartan fans on the planet\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Hopefully very committed, and also wealthy. It is more profitable to have people give you $100,000, rather than trying to get 1 million people to give you a nickel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True fans true followers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I cannot really speak for other people, but I could speak for myself, from the position of being a fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who am I a fan of? Kanye West, Jay Z, electronica, Kendrick Lamar, Zack Snyder, and the like. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes me a true fan? Even though I could easily pirate their stuff for free, I decide to pay my real money for it, because for me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 There is a sense of pride or ownership, or I just want to signal to myself that I really care for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, it becomes a sense of pride and also a filter– you never know whether you really care for something until you have made a monetary investment in it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Or a financial penalty, because money talks , money is skin in the game .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc I said no the Super Bowl \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Other side\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only know the true values of the creator or the artist, based on the money they do not accept. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc the difficult thing is that it does not easily discernible from a follower perspective\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Knowing what your beloved creator decides to reject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often people will just throw money at you. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc and typically only fools reject free money. But then\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Fools are often wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often we true fools have true conviction \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc For example, probably one of the proudest things of my life is rejecting a book offer to publish my beloved 100 masters learn from the masters of photography book, I think I might have rejected about $10,000 USD, because I wanted it to be open and free. Probably one of the happiest and most proud moments of my life. Especially now that I am a bitcoin millionaire, and money doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really matter that much to me anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this is also where it is intelligent to stick to your guns and your own values, thinking about the long-term. The only regrets we make in life is when we compromise our values, for the promise of social or economic gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People are not stupid. Anyone and everyone can smell intent. For example, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re being nice to somebody just because you want an opportunity from them, or a potential financial payoff\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 They could smell it from half a mile away. However if you are being genuine, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc truly genuine\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc people know. And also, once you become part of a community or a city or a polis,. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc word spreads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc One of my friends and mentors, Charlie Kirk, said something very nice to me a long time ago\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 That he would often defend me in public or private on the Internet, saying that I have never said anything bad about anybody ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And also\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Now that I have enough experience under my belt, at the age of 36, starting my street photograph everything when I was only 21 years old\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Wow, 15 years in the game, is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can only trust people who have defended you, and now — your kids!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Defense, to defend, probably the most critical thing here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, reading the Iliad, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc when your best friend or fellow hero or champion dies on the battlefield\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What do you do? You protect and defend their body, to prevent the other side from stealing their body and stripping their armor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the hard thing is it is impossible to know whether somebody has defended you or not, whether in real life or in private\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Until shit hits the fan. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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