[FRIAM] Unexpected success

[David Eric Smith]

I believe this observation connects to the thread on bogus medical predictions by AIs.  Also to the thread on “we speak different languages”, where somebody ran a translator program on the most-trollish non-language of the comments sections on social-media posts.  

>  To become successful [in too-large parts of science and technology] you have to produce what millions of people want, and that can be a silly dance.

Eric

> On Oct 11, 2021, at 7:20 AM, Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
> 
> There is a funny aspect about it, but it is not specific for a certain country. The funny part for me is that he was never really successful as an artist and lived a moderate life in a suburb of Nashville. It was a silly dance posted by his daughter on TikTok that brought him success, not the hard work or the good connections. To become successful you have to produce what millions of people want, and that can be a silly dance.
> 
> -J.
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net>
> Date: 10/11/21 08:36 (GMT+01:00)
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Unexpected success
> 
> No, not at all. Nobody has heard about it here. I have discovered the song in the Canadian charts and then found reports on YouTube which explain the TikTok story and the background here on WGN-TV
> https://youtu.be/3rtISNjb06k
> and here on CNBC
> https://youtu.be/IdozZS38Cso
> 
> If you see the YouTube reports then you will agree that Walker Hayes seems to be a nice guy who is a good dad and deserves the unexpected success. Maybe he is making fun of his own country, but I don't understand the song text good enough to recognize the subtleties (upgrade? styrofoam?) and I have never been to an Applebee's either. I don't know what it is like. 
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com>
> Date: 10/11/21 06:15 (GMT+01:00)
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Unexpected success
> 
> Is this how Germans make fun of Americans?
> 
>> On Oct 10, 2021, at 12:14 AM, Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Have you heard the story of Walker Hayes? He is a country singer from Franklin, Tennessee, who struggled to make a living in order to feed his 6 six kids. During the pandemic he wrote a song "Fancy Like". After listening to his song his daughter convinced him that it needs a dance. The two recorded a dance together, uploaded it on TikTok and the song went viral. Applebees noticed it and turned it into a commercial. Now Walker has finally the commercial success he was looking for, thanks to Applebees, his daughter and a dance on TikTok. Have you tried a Bourbon Street Steak at Applebees? Is it good? 
>> https://youtu.be/HAU_-R3QGv8
>> 
>> -J.
>> 
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