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Garry Tan: How to level up your friends like billionaires do

by dchs on 7/1/21, 8:02 PM with 11 comments

• by netphobee on 7/1/21, 10:04 PM

  I believe this is the fastest way to become disillusioned with your support group unless you blatantly realize your only reason for friendship is transactional inspiration and a future reference for opportunity beyond socially bonding. I have a couple of mutuals who’re following this kind of thing and at least in my point of view, the rush for ‘things’ over the bond that makes us feel complete is making them pointlessly dismissive towards others, but the problem is they don’t like the outcome of “leveling up your friends” instead of simply just making more friends and acquaintances.

  Maybe being a billionaire is not for me. If anything talking to my lazier friends helps me realize just how out of tune I am with my own low level wants. I wish I could just play video games all day and feel okay about it!

• by dpweb on 7/2/21, 12:17 AM

  The video surprisingly turned out less awful than this title makes it appear. The message is not, use people to get ahead.

  But I’d imagine more important than your friend group. How are you spending your time. But some good points are made about advancing along with a small group of people with a common passion that have created a little scene.

  You can see that with the Silicon Valley tech guys of the 70s, or the film geeks Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas, Milius who had their thing before anyone knew or cared who they were. Or the punk rockers in NYC in the 70s Blondie, Ramones who had their little scene before everyone got famous. There’s lots of examples.

• by axiosgunnar on 7/1/21, 8:42 PM

  The author of the video is simply reading from a script, as visible by his distracting eye movements.

  Why not just publish a blog post so we can skim through it at higher speed?

  Is it for the Youtube ad revenue?

• by joefife on 7/1/21, 9:29 PM

  What an odious man with an odious concept.