Thank you Stephen. The real estate manage analogy helped me understand why all of my NYC friends work in finance or tech, but I'm plugging away at writing. They care about money, I care about attention. Ahhh. Makes sense.
This was so good, a lot to digest. The Obama fundraising detail gives me strong "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" mansion-squatter-hustler vibes (don't remember the name of the character, just remember his personality).
All mammals strive for social dominance because it brings reproductive success. Our brains are inherited from those who achieved the social dominance necessary to keep their genes alive. This brain rewards you with serotonin when you gain social dominance. That's not aggression; it's the calm confidence of feeling strong. We don't like to see this in ourselves so we to to it in others. All explained in my book, Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop
Interesting, about attention vs money. I have spent the last year editing music, which I post on Bandcamp. The music itself is old stuff from a very obscure band that I played with, years ago. There are probably only a handful of folks interested in listening. But I do it because I get a great sense of enjoyment out of it. I don't need the money. At the same time, I am forced to "promote" this music, otherwise no one will hear it.
It seems like, well short of fame, there is just having friends who remember who you are.
This is what Facebook seems to give people. Or does it? There are people I'm Facebook friends with, but I forgot how we met or why they are in my feed. I know a fair bit about their opinions, though.
I'm re-reading a time-travel novel that I had apparently forgotten all about. It's quite good. Every page I read seems familiar, but I have no idea what comes next. I couldn't tell you the author's name off the top of my head. What kind of fame is that, anyway?
As an amateur musician I know the value of repetition, and also that forgetting is inevitable. When I was younger it hardly seemed fair to practice a piece so much and then have it deteriorate when I don't play it, to have the rock roll down hill again. But I expect that now, and I'm optimistic that I can relearn pieces much faster the next time. (Also, learn how to make sheet music and keep a 3-ring binder of scores.)
Thank you Stephen. The real estate manage analogy helped me understand why all of my NYC friends work in finance or tech, but I'm plugging away at writing. They care about money, I care about attention. Ahhh. Makes sense.
This was so good, a lot to digest. The Obama fundraising detail gives me strong "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" mansion-squatter-hustler vibes (don't remember the name of the character, just remember his personality).
All mammals strive for social dominance because it brings reproductive success. Our brains are inherited from those who achieved the social dominance necessary to keep their genes alive. This brain rewards you with serotonin when you gain social dominance. That's not aggression; it's the calm confidence of feeling strong. We don't like to see this in ourselves so we to to it in others. All explained in my book, Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop
OH, and by the way, here is the link, ha ha! MORMOS BC
https://mormos.bandcamp.com
Interesting, about attention vs money. I have spent the last year editing music, which I post on Bandcamp. The music itself is old stuff from a very obscure band that I played with, years ago. There are probably only a handful of folks interested in listening. But I do it because I get a great sense of enjoyment out of it. I don't need the money. At the same time, I am forced to "promote" this music, otherwise no one will hear it.
Thanks. As an engineer type the literary magazine stuff was a mystery to me.
Much ado about nothing but that pic makes me jealous of BOTH of you🥰🥴
It seems like, well short of fame, there is just having friends who remember who you are.
This is what Facebook seems to give people. Or does it? There are people I'm Facebook friends with, but I forgot how we met or why they are in my feed. I know a fair bit about their opinions, though.
I'm re-reading a time-travel novel that I had apparently forgotten all about. It's quite good. Every page I read seems familiar, but I have no idea what comes next. I couldn't tell you the author's name off the top of my head. What kind of fame is that, anyway?
As an amateur musician I know the value of repetition, and also that forgetting is inevitable. When I was younger it hardly seemed fair to practice a piece so much and then have it deteriorate when I don't play it, to have the rock roll down hill again. But I expect that now, and I'm optimistic that I can relearn pieces much faster the next time. (Also, learn how to make sheet music and keep a 3-ring binder of scores.)