I had this really strong urge to book a slot and then show up dressed as the Qanon Shaman, but I'm too poor. I don't really know why I wanted to do this, other than that it seemed like the kind of thing where I'd load in and you would just feel a pang of dread and regret at the kind of psychotic person you had precommitted to a conversation with. I think if I did this, I would try to not to acknowledge it at all, and immediately start in about an area of your expertise or something, in a really earnest way.
Actually, if you go watch someone on youtube who has fewer subscribers there than Richard does followers on twitter, you'll observe that people are paying far more per second of attention via superchats than his rates here. It's a broader kind of attention, though -- only some people who would pay $150 in superchats over the period of a month in order to highlight comments like "RICHARD DO YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ARGUMENTS ON TRADEOFFS MAKE LETHAL EUGENICS MORAL!?" are going to actually argue with him face to face on zoom for 30 minutes about it. Especially without an audience and only the hope of him citing the commenter later as incentive.
If he likes to argue enough, that might be part of the point. And it lets him face opposing views. Useful if you're going to be a public intellectual.
I agree it would have looked sad 25 years ago when you were trying to get your name on some magazine's masthead, but now...? Everything's about engagement and subscriptions. I would sign up, but I'd have to give Substack my credit card # and actual name, which means some future President AOC or woke head of Substack can doxx me.
It would look desperate if I was charging like $10, but $300 an hour implies earning potential of over $600,000 a year for full time employment. Most of your favorite writers are not making close to that.
Peterson had this as a rung on Patreon until he got too busy. Nobody called him broke or desperate. But then if you're not broke and you do it, you're *grifting*! Or maybe you're arrogant for thinking that people will pay to spend time in your presence.
I think it's more sad for an audience member to buy a T Shirt with someone's face on it than it is for a creator to accept a fee to talk to someone, especially when the creator deals in ideas.
I had this really strong urge to book a slot and then show up dressed as the Qanon Shaman, but I'm too poor. I don't really know why I wanted to do this, other than that it seemed like the kind of thing where I'd load in and you would just feel a pang of dread and regret at the kind of psychotic person you had precommitted to a conversation with. I think if I did this, I would try to not to acknowledge it at all, and immediately start in about an area of your expertise or something, in a really earnest way.
want to be my friend? Pay me haha
Rent a friend.
That's a Japanese thing.
Has its uses I'm sure.
Hope I'm not desperate enough to either do it or need it.
Actually, if you go watch someone on youtube who has fewer subscribers there than Richard does followers on twitter, you'll observe that people are paying far more per second of attention via superchats than his rates here. It's a broader kind of attention, though -- only some people who would pay $150 in superchats over the period of a month in order to highlight comments like "RICHARD DO YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ARGUMENTS ON TRADEOFFS MAKE LETHAL EUGENICS MORAL!?" are going to actually argue with him face to face on zoom for 30 minutes about it. Especially without an audience and only the hope of him citing the commenter later as incentive.
If he likes to argue enough, that might be part of the point. And it lets him face opposing views. Useful if you're going to be a public intellectual.
I agree it would have looked sad 25 years ago when you were trying to get your name on some magazine's masthead, but now...? Everything's about engagement and subscriptions. I would sign up, but I'd have to give Substack my credit card # and actual name, which means some future President AOC or woke head of Substack can doxx me.
Short-enough AI timeframes make it not sad.
It would look desperate if I was charging like $10, but $300 an hour implies earning potential of over $600,000 a year for full time employment. Most of your favorite writers are not making close to that.
A woman making $600,000 per year on onlyfans is still on onlyfans .
the rate is identical to what i charge for legal consultations. i’m tempted to pay
Peterson had this as a rung on Patreon until he got too busy. Nobody called him broke or desperate. But then if you're not broke and you do it, you're *grifting*! Or maybe you're arrogant for thinking that people will pay to spend time in your presence.
I think it's more sad for an audience member to buy a T Shirt with someone's face on it than it is for a creator to accept a fee to talk to someone, especially when the creator deals in ideas.