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Solid video and it reminds me of So You've Been Publicly Shamed book.

I had a few conversations with a some people who wanted some random Dean fired for an insensitive remark. I told them nobody would care in a week but they told me this won't ever go away. I waited 7 days. Nothing new on reddit for 3 days and I sent a reply to that person, asking them if they still cared and they didn't reply to my comment.

You get this hot mass of hate and then the Internet moves on while the damage is already done. This is particularly true if you had real world consequences - you're fired, your name (picture/video) is now forever online and presuming you'll have a job in the future, this will now be a detriment going forward. Some kill themselves and those are the reported suicides.

The question is when will public shaming change from a more righteous movement to point out when someone has done something atrocious and when it turns into harassment and bullying. So far, the Internet errs on bullying due to diffusion of responsibility and there's no leader to say "halt, that's enough".

Jennifer Government is a short satirical novel that deals with this.

> Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.

There’s an interesting book on the subject.

https://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594487138/

The author tracked down and interviewed a number of the people who had their bad behavior go viral, such as the PR director who was getting on a flight and tweeted the terrible joke about not getting AIDS in South Africa because she’s white. In most of the cases, the subjects didn’t rebound and get their lives back on track. Except maybe one dude who had no shame to begin with.

There's a good book on it

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594487138&ved=2ahUKEwiU8u_g9vDxAhWLDMAKHdA9A_gQFjANegQIJRAC&usg=AOvVaw2bXJ2IdEwEI-Y_3g2wF90Y

It's not super rational, and has been recc'd here before, but I really enjoyed Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series. If you haven't already read the first one, give it a try: https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Locke-Lamora-Gentleman-Bastards/dp/055358894X

It's fantasy/adventure/outwitting/snark series, with a few 'creative problem solving' moments.

That looks like it(though the UK amazon layout is pretty shitty). All Star Superman wasn't a ongoing series and was a pretty much a typical Morrison maxi series with 12 issues. And if in doubt wikipedia tends to have this type of information since it will tell you how many issues are in the series.

Predictably Irrational. Drunkard's Walk was pretty good too from what I remember.

I sell an online CD/download (well, used to). After reading "Predictably Irrational", which is not by Thaler, but based on his concepts of how we make irrational decisions, I changed the pricing on my content, and sales shot up.

https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248

This a quote from The Lies of Locke Lamora an excellent book if you have not yet read it.

I read a book recently with a similar premise, it's called "Year Zero."
https://www.amazon.com/Year-Zero-Novel-Rob-Reid/dp/0345534514

Essentially music is the highest form of art in the galaxy, and humans happen to be orders of magnitude better at it than anyone else.
But that one is comedy. I really like the addictive angle in your story.

Which is funny, because there's already a book with a similar concept.

Maybe the Ikea experience is just kinda ... horrifying.

16 year old male?

If he can start it, go down the Palahniuk rabbithole, and go with RANT. It's a hard book to start, but I guarantee, if he gets through 30 or so pages he will be hooked and it will start his journey.

This is the same Author that did the book Fight Club (highly recommended, but I think Rant is better for a 16 year old).

We're pretty terrible at cost-benefit analysis.

https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248

But aside from that, there are tons of things that define us as individuals that we just don't get to choose. How does cost-benefit analysis come into play when choosing what career to pursue, finding your partner, deciding what music you're going to like?

Ooof, I won't deny people know Batman more now (because he's the one WB promotes the most) but Superman isn't boring. Watch the animated series or read All Star Superman and get a better understanding of the character. He's more than just John Cena with a cape.

Agree, B2B involves a long thourough process that can include executives too. B2C is quicker and the purchase decision often takes place in the subconscious mind. I encourage you read a book by Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational.

https://www.amazon.com/Horrorstor-Novel-Grady-Hendrix/dp/1594745269

This is a horror/comedy written in the form of an Ikea catalog.

Not quite.

Anchoring, or arbitrary coherence is the phenomenon that causes us to bias to the first number we see/hear. Our sense of reasonableness of subsequent numbers will be biased to the first number.

The book Predictably Irrational tells of an experiment in which 100 grad students were broken into two groups; 50 in the control group and 50 in the test group. All the students were given credits to bid on items in an auction. The students in the test group were asked to look at the last two digits of their social security numbers, and then make a bid. The control group students just put their bids in. The students with the SSNs ending in higher numbers bid 4-5 times what the students with the lower numbers bid. The size of the first number influenced their reasoning about the value of the item.

Of course, the anchor is only a small factor in who comes out "on top".

> it's not that much work to tailor it..

You're on sales, you should know better. It's not a matter of cost + profit, it's a matter of value pricing, you add value, you make Sales happen to a company that doesn't have that expertise in house, sales = money, and money is like oxygen for companies. IMO you're selling yourself short.

> I was thinking of something like a flat fee of $1,750 ...

I was in consulting for a few years, like you I believed in fixed-fee pricing. The problem with that is that often it becomes a nightmare to get the clients to stick to the "scope of work". I still consult on the side, and I'm loving my hourly rate. You can make an exception for a weekly payment (all-you-can-eat hours).

> Thoughts?

1. I still think you're not charging enough. The more you charge, the higher the perceived value of your services.
2. Do 10K for the first implementation and $5K for the additional version.

if your system works, there's no difference in the CEO's eyes between 10K or $1,750; but if you put a proposal for $1,750 and me, your competitor, put in a proposal for 10K, chances are I am the one getting the gig.

Read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248

Hey, at the end of the day you are the expert of your business, your prospects, and your industry/market. I am just a guy on Reddit, you asked for feedback I give you the best feedback with the best intentions. You are where the rubber meets the road, at the end of the day it's your decision. So, YMMV.

Good luck!

Mein Kampf is nothing.

Making eye contact with the girl at B&N while you buy "A Practical Guide to Racism" is top tier.

> i think the issue is the buy out.

I understand. In my original comment, I suggested some strategies to legally compensate the two founders remaining with additional equity for the work that you'll be done at the company and the value added. Any corporate lawyer can do this.

Moreover, keep your eyes on the prize. Let's say that the best/worst case scenario is that in a few years you sell the company for a cool $3B (the best part) and this 3rd founder is still 33.33% owner (the worst part).

Are you right now giving up your cool $1B because you don't want the other guy to also get $1B? As "unfair" as you think it is?

I have a couple of interesting readings for you:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game
2. https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248

> feels more like they just don't want us to continue without them.

Quite possibly. Schadenfreude is a real thing.

Trivia note (just for info):

Numerous viewers accused "Majority Rule" of ripping off Nosedive. However, in a (now deleted) tweet on the episode's airdate, Seth noted that he'd written Majority Rule "a year and a half" before it aired (so, he wrote it before Nosedive aired), inspired by a book. — The 2014 Community episode ("App Development and Condiments") obviously predates both Majority Rule and Nosedive.

"Trivia note" (just for info):

Numerous viewers accused "Majority Rule" of ripping off Nosedive. However, in a (now deleted) tweet on the episode's airdate, Seth noted that he'd written Majority Rule "a year and a half" before it aired (so, he wrote it before Nosedive aired), inspired by a book. — The 2014 Community episode ("App Development and obviously predates both Majority Rule and Nosedive.

> I am curious if there is any data on the psychology of the consumer seeing a dollar off value versus a percentage

There is, I don't remember the details, but read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248 for actionable examples.

You can also do A/B testing.

Have you read "Rant" by Chuck Palahniuk? One of my favourite books. Based on your post, I think you'd get a kick out of it :)

Don't read anything about it, take it on the blind word of an Internet stranger :D

https://www.amazon.ca/Rant-Oral-Biography-Buster-Casey/dp/0307275833

Yes! Dan Ariely (dual PhDs in Psych and Econ, what a freaking stud!) also explores this in Predictably Irrational, among other writings, TED talks etc.

Chapter 4, "The Cost of Social Norms: Why We Are Happy to Do Things, but Not When We Are Paid to Do Them" addresses this most specifically.

IIRC he uses the example of a wagon owner who's glad to give a ride to a neighbor in need, but will refuse to do so for a small sum even though he'd have done it for free.

> I've had several people in my life try to convince me by giving examples of people whining about cancel culture but have never given me an actual example of it

Funny you should ask! Someone literally wrote a book about this in 2015. It's only gotten worse since then.

Did you know Amazon will donate a portion of every purchase if you shop by going to smile.amazon.com instead? Over $50,000,000 has been raised for charity - all you need to do is change the URL!

Here are your smile-ified links:

Horrorstör

^^i'm ^^a ^^friendly bot

Without too many spoilers, the series takes it's name from one of the many guilds in a renaissance-era world. The author makes you wait a bit for the magic but it's worth it. He builds a stunning world that could be a nice post-op escape. The first book is The Lies of Locke Lamora

Best of luck with your surgery and a speedy recovery!

Predictably Irrational basically points out a bunch of flaws in the human psyche. Like how people would rather do something for free than be grossly underpaid. Or how people play games more conservatively when value is decreased instead of increased. It’s incredibly well written too. I can’t recommend this book enough. It shows in a fun way how we’re just a bunch of well groomed monkeys.

I imagine that's how most of the mods feel better. Out of their element and feel like anything they do will make things worse. If any of you are reading this post and feel like you don't know what to do, I'd recommend reading or at least getting the cliff notes of "So You've Been Publically Shamed " by Jon Ronson. It's a great book for any moderator/discord admin/or really any internet user going over what happens when the larger internet community turns on you specifically and what kinds of things to do to help mitigate the problems.