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None of it is due to organic interest anymore. Just gamification of attention to try and spread a viral sales pitch.

Paul Graham did some napkin math on Twitter a few months ago highlighting his approach is just try to get ahead of a trending but still not quite super popular idea.

It’s Shark Tank; film the show months in advance, get the viable product for sale before it airs, because you know copycats will be right behind you.

All to preserve a hallucination reality will collapse without a fiat currency game to play.



> Paul Graham did some napkin math on Twitter a few months ago highlighting his approach is just try to get ahead of a trending but still not quite super popular idea.

got a link?




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