Very very interesting read. I have been subscribed to the master persuader for 3 years now. I stumbled on you in the X replies and this article has changed my entire perspective. I feel like a cult member now. What is interesting though, is that the master persuader's advice has made my life better financially. I have learned a lot of useful skills to make more money from the cartoon. But it has turned me into a money hungry person, like you stated. However, money has improved my life significantly. Such a paradox. Starting to realize that I am thinking from a "Me" perspective, while you are thinking about what the master persuader's objectives are. A lesson learned is to ask yourself, "What motivates him or her for their words and actions?" Thanks for this piece. My entire world has been flipped upside down.
Yes, there is a real benefit to his message, because most western societies have a perverse and inhuman moralism that discourages wanting wealth and owning nice things. Unlocking that cage is good.
He seems just as aware of the exact problems people encounter when they go too far in the opposite direction, and carefully encourages that. It feels like a fully orchestrated plan to create many very intelligent, very wealthy, and very miserable young people, funneled into making direct transfers of that wealth (which they cannot find the best satisfaction in) directly to him. Which sounds ridiculous at face value but appears to be how it’s playing out, in any case.
Here is another simpler, and probably more accurate characterization of the methods of our master persuader. Our master persuader’s business model is simple: he sells an assortment of good ideas. Life advice as a service.
If people follow good life advice, it’s not easy to have repeat customers. At some point in his life our master persuader decided he would rather make more money from his customers and damage their lives rather than maximize the probability they follow his own advice. So he works hard to persuade them to follow the opposite of his advice, even as he gives it.
Today, I think this is more likely to be true than what I said in this analysis. I will leave it up “Know the Endgame” for its analysis.
Very very interesting read. I have been subscribed to the master persuader for 3 years now. I stumbled on you in the X replies and this article has changed my entire perspective. I feel like a cult member now. What is interesting though, is that the master persuader's advice has made my life better financially. I have learned a lot of useful skills to make more money from the cartoon. But it has turned me into a money hungry person, like you stated. However, money has improved my life significantly. Such a paradox. Starting to realize that I am thinking from a "Me" perspective, while you are thinking about what the master persuader's objectives are. A lesson learned is to ask yourself, "What motivates him or her for their words and actions?" Thanks for this piece. My entire world has been flipped upside down.
Yes, there is a real benefit to his message, because most western societies have a perverse and inhuman moralism that discourages wanting wealth and owning nice things. Unlocking that cage is good.
He seems just as aware of the exact problems people encounter when they go too far in the opposite direction, and carefully encourages that. It feels like a fully orchestrated plan to create many very intelligent, very wealthy, and very miserable young people, funneled into making direct transfers of that wealth (which they cannot find the best satisfaction in) directly to him. Which sounds ridiculous at face value but appears to be how it’s playing out, in any case.
Here is another simpler, and probably more accurate characterization of the methods of our master persuader. Our master persuader’s business model is simple: he sells an assortment of good ideas. Life advice as a service.
If people follow good life advice, it’s not easy to have repeat customers. At some point in his life our master persuader decided he would rather make more money from his customers and damage their lives rather than maximize the probability they follow his own advice. So he works hard to persuade them to follow the opposite of his advice, even as he gives it.
Today, I think this is more likely to be true than what I said in this analysis. I will leave it up “Know the Endgame” for its analysis.