If you’re wondering why many stupid or no-value people are famous today, I’ll tell you:
They got people to talk about them…
And lots of other people talk about them.
And if you talk about them, whether positively or negatively – you’ve invested your attention in them, consciously or unconsciously.
And what happens when you and a thousand others invest a fraction of your attention in them like that?
It compounds!
Look at it this way: to make a million, you need a million, or… 500k × 2, or 250k × 4, or 200k × 5, or 100k × 10, or 50k × 20.
Right?
Okay, now imagine your attention as a currency ( which it is).
It would be almost impossible to give a total stranger your 200k or 500k, right?
But…
You wouldn’t think twice about giving that stranger 100 naira, right?
Okay.
Now imagine that stranger gets 100 naira from 10,000 people like you.
Guess what?
That makes him a millionaire!
How?
The power of compounding.
100 naira here and there over time would compound into something huge.
We’re still on attention as a currency, and how we make stupid people relevant/famous.
Keep reading…
Whenever you pay attention to a stupid person, you’ve indirectly donated to their relevance.
And if you talk about that stupid person on your status or in conversations, it’s like opening a GoFundMe for that stupid person because…
You’ve indirectly introduced them to people who do not know about them, giving them free publicity in the process.
And if the people you introduced them to talk about them and share on their own timelines too, guess who’d be getting on top of people’s minds?
Or if an influential celebrity posts about such a person, guess who’s going viral?
It’s that stupid person!
By the time more people start talking about them, they’d be living rent-free in many people’s heads.
And when someone is living in your head, they have an invisible hold over you to an extent.
Meaning it would be easier for them to influence you even if you’d want to fight it.
Stay with me.
While a person might be stupid, it doesn’t mean they are useless.
They may have skills or talents that others would love about them.
And so, they’d be growing their audience on both fronts: the people who love their stupidity, and the people who love their talents/skills.
Do you understand?
We make stupid people famous by investing our attention in them.
Some people act stupid as a strategy to stir controversy, get attention, and grow their audience before they switch to being normal, later.
If you observe, you’d see them all over social media in different industries.
But those are not the ones we’re talking about.
We’re talking about the ones who are running ahead of wisdom while it’s trying to catch up with them.
The best way to deal with stupid people? IGNORE them!
Don’t give them the satisfaction they seek by paying attention to them. Nah. Don’t fall for it.
No matter how hard they try to get under your skin to get a reaction from you…
Cuss them if you want, but don’t give them relevance by talking about them, or mentioning their names.
If we all start ignoring stupid people on the internet and in real life…
They’d stop multiplying.
And their kind who are already famous would be forced to start acting right or risk losing their relevance.
But, can we all unite to do this?
E go hard sha.
Cos this is a country with people who likes controversy and cruise more than anything else. 💔😃
Controversy that are stirred to get people’s reaction.
Incase you don’t know, some controversies are sponsored by powers that be to divert the masses attention from something serious.
They pay orgs or celebs to start a fight, say or do something that’d make the masses focus on minor issues while forgetting about the key ones.
It’s a strategy. And it works well.
If you doubt, watch out, every new week, there’s always a new controversy that trends online for people to talk about.
This would go on for some days to give some unknown or stupid people relevance, cause debates.
E be what?
E be tinss!
Protect yourself from stupid people.
And while you’re protecting yourself from stupid people, ensure that
You are not a stupid person yourself.
E get why.
We are in an era where attention is power.
And anyone who has the ability to command and hold attention has the power to influence people , positively or negatively.
This is why you MUST be careful about the people or the things you pay attention to.
Stay Sharp!