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Social media has turned into an MLM Ponzi scheme. The so-called thought influencers from various industries are faking it. This post title: The Great Online Game, and it talks about the same in detail.
We are living in the era of gathering quick bucks, respect, and everything else. Everyone aspires to be next Naval, Elon Musk, Charlie Munger, or Marc Andreessen. Most don’t like to work hard but expect to posture and amplifying their tweets, blogs, posts, etc.
It rained last night. After a long time, I was out of my zombie mode(mobile, social media) and sitting silently on my balcony.
The noise of vehicles or YouTube was missing and, it was a perfect void that made me listen to the raindrops. Raindrops were like playing their unique tunes. Some were falling on the tiles, some on the plastic pipes, and some on the rooftops.
The rain bought down the heat. I remember being scared of a thunderstorm. I would get comfort because I would be with my parents around. While growing up in my hometown, the rain was all about running to aam bagicha(mango orchid) and plucking fallen mangoes. We would spend time listening to frogs orchestra.
Things have changed now; rain means the overflow of sewers and traffic jams followed by humidity the next day.
A group of blind believers over some ideologies, belief results in a cult. It could be a common purpose, ideologies, and beliefs. Our past has it all religious sect, a cult leader, psychedelic hobbyist, or a religious guru.
In the modern era, a cult has transformed into consumerism, and being part of it has become a status symbol.
Look around and observe, how much of your buy, belief is the result of yourself fitting into one of these cults?
Are you getting blinded, robbed, and brainwashed or in FOMO? Think.
The current life we are living is right out of a Hollywood script. I had not imagined seeing humanity coming to a standstill due to a virus. Most of us are suffering and recovering from the grief of losing our dear ones. The trauma is not going over anytime soon.
At the same time, we have to live our life. Make the best of what we have. We know we have nothing as the system has collapsed. But if we give up and become depressed, what will happen to dependents: kids, parents, employees?
Our actions directly going to impact and affect their family. In simple terms, the calamity has struck and, who other than us/I/me/you will take ownership and fight it head-on? We can deal with the government, politicians, and others when this calms down. But for now, it is us, we have to act, lead and sail through this.
As an entrepreneur or an investor or overall human, we like to create an aura. We want to form our cult with disciples or followers. You have an example of Naval or Elon Musk or Steve Jobs for the same. All these guys have built their brand and sale happens as a byproduct. That is how they have created their brand.
We, humans, are creatures of vanity. Our ego requires love respect. It acts as an incentive. Most importantly, these guys have done something and, now they have the leverage of preaching. Be it about life, climate change, or crypto.
Lately, I have witnessed founders, investors in general preaching, making noise on social media, and taking sides. Do people fall for their advice?
Millions of hours of the playlist are available on YouTube and, billions of dollars worth of economy exists to teach how to become successful. And add it to the social media amplification. We have all the ingredients to become successful.
If someone sells you step to become successful, be very careful taking his or her advice.
We, humans, are a slave to our emotions and the environment around us. We commit mistakes, fail, rise, learn and repeat. Does it require any template?
Life is not easy. We have to make the best out of our journey, the present and not the destination.
How much of our life, everyday decision is in our control? Be it watching a movie on Netflix, ordering via Amazon. Our day-to-day actions like getting outraged on social media or unlimited scrolling after posting pictures of ourselves on Instagram. Or be it Tinder swipes.
When we were kids, we were incentivized, shown goals: score marks, get a good degree, a good job, get settled, buy a car, own a house, have babies.
Look around, observe your actions. How much of your everyday decisions are made by you with your complete consciousness?
As a founder, I am reminded about the pace of shipping, iterating, and closing. It gets growth and advantage over competitors. It results in raising quickly and building a high-growth startup and, surge in valuation.
Being part of the startup and VC ecosystem, I have noticed one big moat, the pace of closing deals. Last few weeks, I have witnessed some deals getting closed in 24 hours. The VCs are reaping the moat and, the founders love it. At an early stage of investment, it is about founders. As a VC fund to give $500k if you are taking half a dozen calls, you are bound to miss out.
The virtue of pace and closing works both for founders and investors. PE firms like Tiger Global have changed the game in late-stage investment, closing deals in 24 hours.
I wish more early-stage funds and super angels enter India with conviction and pace of closing deals, sharing term sheets in 24 hours.
How much of our existence depends on the validation from others. Are we turning into machines to establish ourselves among a group, class, or hierarchy?
On social media, it appears we are selling ourselves, our thoughts to be one among the crowd. We are laughing, smiling, sharing selfie-and letting the world know how prosperous our life is.
We are busy in the race of validation from the outside. We have forgotten who we are, what we want and have let our consciousness rust or retire.
Our leaders have run the world, province, state with propaganda and division. In the end, a ruler has to rule. The Britishers were known for their Divide and Rule policy. It resulted in the formation of Pakistan and Hindustan. The two nations have fought numerous wars since then, resulting in casualties on both sides.
We are independent, a democracy. But the divide has existed. It is on every level: north/south, black/white, rich/poor, Hindu/Muslim, male/female. Our independent leaders leave no stone unturned to continue with the legacy of propaganda. Earlier it was newspapers, debates. Social media platform, the mobile phone has amplified it, fact-checking is negligible. Anger, hate, fear, and division are fed routinely.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
— Joseph Goebbels.