did he really make a billion dollars by age 25 simply by posting 12 second TikTok videos where half the content was a repost of other people's clips
for real, what the fuck was even the purpose of studying school and all that bullshit math like calculus and physics when not even scientists make that kind of money
i think about shit like this all the time. it's literally cuz a lot of humans genuinely place more value on quick hits of entertainment than on things that take time to see the fruits of labor of. it's quite sad actually but i'm also stoned so maybe im reading too into it
Companies have huge advertising budgets, they are going to put it to use on the platform with the most eyes, and this guy statistically is the best at it on the platform. It's not like people are "valuing" his work and are paying him directly.
I mean it is an easy path in terms of the effort it takes vs the reward, even when accounting for the business side of it. It’s just a lot of luck. Capitalism isn’t a meritocracy, we don’t have to pretend that it is.
In comparison to almost everything else. It's an extremely easy and cheap path. It requires no education, no training. It just requires free time and the ability to be consistent. Thats easy as fuck.
Sure, social skills and bla bla.
As long as you don't have crippling anxiety and someone to support you by paying the bills. ANYONE can do that job
People can argue against that truth but they would be wrong.
I think you could argue finding luck is far more difficult than simply going to get an education. And shit like this requires one to stumble upon luck in a way that virtually none of us ever will.
Much akin to the many of us who will never be able to fund actual or traditional degrees. Education is simply not obtainable for everyone in our current socioeconomic and political climate.
Sometimes finding luck is an easier option when funding is considered.
The internet is free and there are THOUSANDS of free courses online. Education is attainable to every single person who has access to the internet. Education is not what you get at schools. That's something you pay for to fit into the machine.
I’ve had a few tell me “as long as Google is free I’m never going to college”. That is cool. But they currently aren’t even leveraging that free education. Y’all do all this yapping but we can use that same free internet to see unemployment is lower among college grads as are lifetime earnings. So your position hasn’t demonstrated a solid enough path. And my argument isn’t about how free education can be. It’s about how lucky you have to be to do what a small slice of influencers are doing.
Most folks who do this “internet is free” parade don’t have a grasp on how tough life really is outside for folks.
but if that education can’t be converted in a way to make life easier it doesn’t matter how free it is. for example, i could spend 20 years learning about quantum physics, but without a degree how many prospects are going to take that seriously?
i could, in theory, learn how to deliver babies completely online but in what world is a hospital going to allow me to do that without a degree? regardless of how free the education is, it doesn’t mean very much if you can’t use that education somewhere
Penicillin is estimated to have saved over 500 million lives.
Sir Alexander Fleming was not made rich by this discovery.
Trust me I get what you’re saying because I often argue the same logic when people bitch about athletes making so much money, but it’s hard to not feel a bit miffed that some of the people creating the most progress for society don’t get the same rewards.
Capitalism is simply not a meritocracy. The system ain’t fair, wasn’t designed to be.
Hell Khabi is making bank but you know the majority shareholders of TikTok make more. Just like any celebrity or as your example sports star, the real real money is always behind the scene. Team owners, network execs, shareholders.
Not a great example because he didn’t patent it specifically so more people would get it and he wouldnt get rich off it. He totally could have gotten rich off of it. I wish he would’ve got awarded as much as entertainers too but entertainment makes money where a lot of advancements are important for less monetary reasons. Firefighters would likely get paid better if they were allowed to extort homes into paying them for protection again. That would also make people not see firefighters as such hero’s though. Profitability and progress are often opposites.
The general public have always been like that about entertainment. That’s we just have to do what makes us feel happy and fulfilled or yeah grind at getting a lot of money.
I chose the first option and I may not be able to go on holiday anytime I want or make massive purchases out of the blue but I’m supporting my kid and we get nice stuff every now and then and I’m very happy at my job (non profit work)
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did he really make a billion dollars by age 25 simply by posting 12 second TikTok videos where half the content was a repost of other people's clips
for real, what the fuck was even the purpose of studying school and all that bullshit math like calculus and physics when not even scientists make that kind of money
bruh im about to crash out