Comments on: Is Tim Ferriss acting like an asshole?

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:04:03 +0000

Perhaps. Or maybe you're just a moron.*

*Why be "kind," right?

By: Yadgyu

Yadgyu — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:52:43 +0000

The real question isn't if Tim is acting like an asshole. The real question is "Why is Tim Ferriss acting like an asshole?".

He is doing so because he is important. Important people can act like assholes. People enjoy it when important people act like assholes. It is a great form of entertainment. I have never been entertained or fascinated by a person that was incapable of acting like an asshole on occasion. Life is just too short to be kind, humble, and uncontroversial.

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By: A Designer in Support of Design Contests | Igniting Startups - nPost

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(Micro-)Outsourcing Everything · 2Shanghai — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:52:34 +0000

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By: Chris Yakimov

Chris Yakimov — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:38:51 +0000

Awesome. Designers should NOT be working for free.
Thanks for nailing the thought down hard.

By: Kelly Nelson

Kelly Nelson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:46:25 +0000

Here where I live this practice has become epidemic. The local "cool" French bakery,located in my largely artistic neighborhood, hosted a contest for the privilege of selling their merchandise with your design plastered all over their shit. My routine response has been quiet disapproval to these contests has now been replaced with public disdain. I've been met with much the same response as Tim's. The 'ole, "great exposure" response has my mind flashing with images of Dick Cheney and seeing a rather menacing shade of red. The motivation is pure and simple.... greed and no true appreciation for work. I've begun asking these businesses for spec work (e.g. cook me a specific custom cake at which point I'll eat and decide if I want to use your recipe so I can sell it myself.)

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