istinetz
2mo ago
Like this one:
Organize locally. Become involved in your community. Talk to and become friends with people you disagree with.
It sounds nice, but if you think about it...
What does that even mean? Have you seen teens lately? They're barely literate phone zombies. What does it even mean for them to "organize locally"? Organize to do what? What community? There is no community, cities are just a big pile of strangers that don't make eye contact very much.
istinetz
2mo ago
Can I just give some honest feedback, and you take it with a massive grain of salt because I'm just a random anon.
While I agree that most of your theories are true, I extremely disagree with the approach "here is what my theseses will be, and I'll add a bunch of case studies (anecdotes) and data that supports them".
You literally have a detailed plan, chapter by chapter, on what your book will argue. Why then collect data at all? Why bother interviewing people? You already know what you're saying, no?
But you want to add data and charts because you see them as effective weapons in persuading people.
I feel like if that's the starting point of your book, the absolute best case scenario is that it ends up being yet another airport book + ted talk. It will not be actually new, fresh, and practically influential, because you have arrived at your conclusions by normal life and passive media consumption - I'm sure you're smart/observant/analytical, but you need to actually be open to any conclusion before seeing the data and talking to the actual people.
The impartial third party kind of exists already. I use photofeeler, you get ratings on your dating photos, and you can see roughly where you stand.
For example, one insight I got is that it didn't matter a whole lot which photo I think is good and which photo I think is bad - they all get roughly the same ratings. By using your best vs bad photos, you might get 0.5-1 point increase, as opposed to 2-3 points difference.
As a benchmark, I get ratings around 6-7, and very few matches in dating websites (though I am very picky). So you should aim for 8-9.
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