If ya wanna be famous, you need to think about it differently. Who was Jonas Salk? Alexander Fleming? Philo Farnsworth? Maybe you know, but does the average 6th grader? Probably not. On the other hand, they sure as hell can tell you who Adolph Hitler was. Joseph Stalin. Osama Bin Ladin. Great acts of evil have a way of sticking in the consciousness much better than acts of good. So, if you're really want to go all balls out famous, you need to think about horrendous acts of evil. You also need to be fresh and creative about it. Mass violence is so 2008. Starting a cult and convincing thousands of people to drink the Eternity Wine is a little retro, but it still has a nice touch. If you're squeamish about dead bodies, you could always start a ponzi scheme instead. Convince about 1,000,000 retirees to invest their life savings with you, then call them up on their birthday. "Guess what?" Look, I can't tell ya how to live your life, but evil is the way to go.
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