an idea about how to make a book that goes viral
The Gist
self-publish a book
provide a companion website
promote book by leaving free copies in McKay free bin, etc
leave pages blank for: additions, logging
allow users to upload filled blanks to website
give each copy a number
provide a bag of business cards with link to website, number those as well
Chapters:
Foreward: To be safe, this work is fiction
Marking the World (biography, fleeting life)
Addiction
The Collector
Fandom
Gacha games
Completionism / Pokemon
Sex
Drugs
Incentives
Economics - the most important History subject that almost nobody likes
Disposable Income
Hidden Costs
Why can’t we pay for software?
The Current State of Human Interaction at Scale
The Einstein you know was not the real Einstein
What is a viral book?
Chick pamphlets / comics
https://www.wheresgeorge.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
Think Tank Platform
Why a book?
The Tyranny of Questions
Letter to God
Appendixes
all old poetry all old drawings all old stories (even unfinished)