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Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting

2007-07-02 · letter vlog · John · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Global development) · mode: Advocacy & fundraising · tags: fundraising ask, civic or action cta, community lore, self correction

John reports that the brothers and Nerdfighters lent many thousands of dollars through Kiva.org over the weekend, coins the Law of Compound Nerdfighting (100 nerdfighters together can do what 100 alone cannot) to correct his claim that only the rich can run microfinance, and proposes recruiting more nerdfighters through 'mass promotions' so more people lend.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting: first day of the second half of Brotherhood 2.0; a joke revision month; title still unsettled

  • ★★ John says July 2 is the first day of the second half of Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:00:03 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★ John jokes that July 2 is the second day of a 'National Finish Revision of Your Book, I Mean Seriously, Come On Month' (as heard), with a long acronym. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • ★ John tells Hank he still hasn't settled on a title. — 00:00:03

00:00:29 — Many thousands lent on Kiva.org; correcting Thursday's claim with the Law of Compound Nerdfighting (via compound interest); Decepticon as the opposite of nerdfighter; more loans planned; lasso factory

  • ★★★ John reports that he, Hank and the Nerdfighters raised many, many thousands of dollars for Kiva.org over the weekend. — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John corrects his Thursday claim that only really wealthy people can open a microfinance bank: he had forgotten the law of compound nerdfighting. — 00:00:29 · Law of Compound Nerdfighting
  • ★ John jokes that the law of compound interest, which their dad explained a million times, turns a little childhood savings into a lot through 'magic'. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Mike Green

  • ★★★ John defines the Law of Compound Nerdfighting: 100 nerdfighters as a group can do what 100 as individuals cannot, as shown on Hank's shirt where they beat up a popular kid. — 00:00:59 · Law of Compound Nerdfighting, collective action

    “100 nerdfighters as a group can do things that 100 nerdfighters as individuals could not do”

  • ★★ John suggests that the opposite of a nerdfighter might be 'Decepticon' and asks Hank if he likes it. (hedged) — 00:01:28 · Decepticon

  • ★★ John says they probably could have started a microfinance bank after all, because people were extremely generous. (hedged) — 00:01:28 · Law of Compound Nerdfighting
  • ★★ John says they have funded many loans and will keep funding loans 'like crazy' over the next week, for bakeries and shoe stores; they recently helped a man start a lasso factory. — 00:01:28

00:01:57 — Nerdfighter shortage; four kinds of people (Decepticons, nerdfighters, nits, unaware); mass promotions; tell them to lend to Kiva; 'the more there are of us'; sign-off

  • ★★★ John says the Nerdfighters are probably getting tapped out, so what is needed is more nerdfighters: there is an 'acute nerdfighter shortage', and many are nerdfighters without knowing the term. (hedged) — 00:01:57 · Nerdfighteria, nerdfighter

  • ★★★ John divides people into four kinds: Decepticons (not nerdfighters); nerdfighters (the brothers, commenters, forum regulars, song writers); nits, or nerdfighters in training (occasional viewers); and would-be nerdfighters who don't know the word yet. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:57 · Decepticon, Nerdfighteria, nit, Brotherhood 2.0 forum

    “your nerdfighters in training, or your nits”

  • ★★★ John proposes mass promotions: nerdfighters to senior executive nerdfighters, nits to nerdfighters, the unaware to nits, who must then be told to lend money to Kiva.org. (playful) — 00:02:36 · senior executive nerdfighter, nit

00:03:27 — Post-script: post-colonial theory in the comments, the forum 'my pants', and how non-nerdfighters, nits and nerdfighters react

  • ★★ John points to a conversation about post-colonial theory in the comments and suggests such topics could be discussed in the forum, 'my pants'. (hedged) — 00:03:27 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum

Humor (significant)

  • John explains compound interest, which their dad tried to teach them, as money growing from childhood to old age. — 00:00:59

    “And the reason for that is this very complex fiscal thing known as magic.”

  • Listing the loans funded, John mentions they helped a man who wanted to start a lasso factory. — 00:01:57

    “A lasso factory? That's so awesome! How come I didn't think of that?”

  • John concludes his call to promote everyone and recruit Kiva lenders by quoting the law of compound nerdfighting. — 00:03:06

    “The more there are of us, the fewer there will be of them.”

  • After suggesting post-colonial theory be discussed in the forum 'my pants', John imagines how non-nerdfighters react. — 00:03:27

    “Why is that guy talking about post-colonial theory in his pants?”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Kiva · Law of Compound Nerdfighting

Also: People: Mike Green

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum

Terms: Decepticon · in your pants (“post-colonial theory in his pants”) · nerdfighter · nit · senior executive nerdfighter

Concepts: collective action · compound interest · microfinance · postcolonialism

Also centred on Kiva: June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism · Awesome Bankers? · The Bank of Nerdfighteria

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Part of an exchange of 4 videos, 2007-06-28 – 2007-07-03.