1,000 True Fans

I could get 1,000 true fans fatser if was bullshitter, or a cult leader.

Marc Sims

Chicago

Google AI Overview

The "1,000 true fans" concept, coined by 

Kevin Kelly, describes a loyal, niche audience of 1,000 dedicated supporters who will buy anything a creator produces, enabling a sustainable career without requiring mainstream fame. These fans provide roughly $100 profit annually, totaling $100,000 for the creator. 

• Who They Are: They are deeply committed supporters who value a creator's work, often buying all products, including merchandise, books, or concert tickets.
• The Goal: The aim is to foster a direct relationship with a manageable, community-sized, loyal audience rather than chasing millions of followers.
• The Definition: They are not just passive followers; they act as fans who engage, share, and support.
• The Principle: This strategy emphasizes quality of engagement over quantity of reach, focusing on nurturing a smaller group to ensure consistent income.
• Alternative View: Some argue the number can be as low as 100 dedicated fans depending on the creator's financial needs and the price of their offerings. 

Enlightened Safe Millionaires

I want to see a well-informed and enlightened American

society.

I want to see low income neighborhoods free of

crime.

I want to see an education system that teaches students how

to learn, how to think, and how to become a multi millionaire.

Marc Sims

Chicago

Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star (Official Audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-1s2gqDs_U&list=RD3-1s2gqDs_U&start_radio=1

Live On The Far South Side

 

The Chicago news media should ask elected officials, and any other Chicago stakeholder; why would someone want to live on the far south side of Chicago?

Also, why would someone want to raise their children on the far south side of Chicago Illinois?

Marc Sims

Chicago

Marc Sims is a lifelong resident of the city of Chicago.

Make Students Compliant

 

No matter who is in charge, the public education game really doesn't change.

Chicago Mayor: Brandon Johnson.
CTU President: Stacy Davis Gates.
CPS CEO: Dr. Macquline King.

The (Education) system is designed to make people compliant.
Karen Lewis Chicago Teachers Union President (2015)
https://youtu.be/oSgEPw8cdgw?t=4151

 

 

 

Marc Sims

Chicago 

 

Who are the descendants of enslaved Americans?

We were Negro, Colored, Black, and currently African American.

Who will be in 30, 60, 90 years from today?

Will continue to be a divided and conquered people?

 

Marc Sims

Chicago 

 

What's The Matter With Low Income Black Neighborhoods?

 

What's the matter with Black neighborhoods?

Lack of enough income?

Black (African Americans) residents spending too much money outside of their neighborhoods?

Other Americans not spending money in Black neighborhoods?

Something else?

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

Marc Sims is a lifelong Chicagoan obsessed with presenting information that will reduce neighborhood crime.

 

What it means when movie theaters in Black neighborhoods close

The shuttered Showplace Icon theater in the South Loop (Chicago) will reopen, but other long-closed movie theaters in Black neighborhoods have yet to find a second life.

By  Alden Loury | WBEZ

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/07/movie-theaters-close-black-neigborhoods-alden-loury

Make C-SPAN Videos

 

I don't read as much as I should, but I enjoy watching C-SPAN videos. You can watch C-SPAN videos and make video clips. Here are a few of mine. 

 

 

Divergent Thinking & Education

Our inherent genius is schooled out of us.

Ruha Benjamin is  author of Imagination: A Manifesto

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims   

https://beta.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-divergent-thinking-education/5143945

 

 

The Trashing of Higher Education

Why are high educators so liberals?

Patricia A. McGuire

President Trinity Washington University

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5143815/user-clip-trashing-higher-education

Police killings & Myside Bias 

Steven Pinker cognitive psychologist and author of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5143828/user-clip-police-killings-myside-bias

The Reality of Rural America

Miami University (Ohio) Professor Steven Conn talked about his book, The Lies of the Land, in which he argued that the reality of rural America today is vastly different from the way it is often portrayed by politicians and the media.

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5144842/user-clip-reality-rural-america

Marc Sims

Chicago 

https://www.c-span.org/quick-guide