And it’s either feast or famine, I’ve found out that it’s true
How much would someone have to pay you to give up the Internet for the rest of your life? Would a million dollars be enough? Twenty million? How about a billion dollars? “When I ask my students this question, they say you couldn’t pay me enough.”
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Reframe this offer so that it has more time to generate social support, and no way would most people reject it.
At 5% interest, a million dollars pays ~$4,000 a month. So let’s imagine offering people $4,000 to give up TV or internet for one month, and then renewing the offer every month afterward – they could go on or off the plan at will.
photo { William Eggleston }
