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# In the wake of the fiasco of last night, it got me thinking about the reality that programmers are really bad at marketing. 

Anyone who has even the remotest amount of common sense can see that the cryptocurrency space is full of tech geeks who don't understand how to communicate effectively with a mainstream audience. Any snake oil salesman knows this, too. True geeks are some of the most intelligent, trusting _and_ gullible people on the planet. Some programmers are on "the spectrum" which means they have Asbergers or other impairments that make it hard for them to read other people. Even if some programmers are not on the spectrum, many just cannot tell good people from bad ones, especially if someone has charisma. Charismatic people have what these super geeks lack: an ability to smooth talk people. I've seen this situation play out, both in my own life and with other super intelligent people who lack good social skills. 

# Stan, it's time to learn how to market your inventions from the master himself, Elon Musk. 

Elon Musk was smart not to invest tons of money into marketing Tesla because his fans ended up doing the legwork for him, which yielded better and more powerful results. Now if you have decided you want to go hardcore with a marketing plan, please take a look at this example because Elon Musk knows how to do it right. Take notes.

As you may know, Tesla doesn't advertise on TV. Well, a 5th grader, and a Tesla fan recently wrote Elon Musk a letter with her idea. Remarkably, Elon Musk replied to her.

>  Her idea was that Tesla invite the public to submit homemade ads for the company and then air the winning commercial on television.

> Bria said the winning advertisement should be “something to entertain people and get their attention,” adding that she’s unsure if she would enter the competition herself.

> Bria’s dad, Steven, posted on Twitter a letter his daughter wrote to Tesla to ensure the company would see it, and it wasn’t long before Musk personally replied. -[ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/5th-grader-gave-marketing-advice-tesla-excited-idea/story?id=45884413)

Here's her original letter to Musk:
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image: [ABC NEWS](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/5th-grader-gave-marketing-advice-tesla-excited-idea/story?id=45884413)

And here's the twitter exchange between Musk and her dad:![twitter.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfGfs6FFieWac3rsWYZKziYY1ir9WFSfuVYQve9eeMgMe/twitter.jpeg)

source: Twitter

As you can see Elon Musk understands how to listen to his fans and deliver using crowd-sourcing techniques. Do you think Elon would be caught dead associating with snake oil get-rich quick scamsters who have a checkered past?

# Hell no.

Elon has integrity and he respects his inventions more than that. To be completely honest, I am disappointed by your lack of integrity from the Mogul fallout. We are a group of highly intelligent people, and thinking that we all would just eat up that get-rich quick garbage that you have chosen to support is incredibly disturbing. You are obviously an intelligent man with incredible inventions. To think you would throw away integrity in order to get your coins to the moon speaks of your spineless character. I really thought you were a different man. You need to re-think your priorities in life. You need to rise up the greatness of the inventions you've brought forth into the world and partner with respectable people who possess integrity. Doing otherwise will just further degrade your integrity and you'll lose support here. It won't be pretty. We are not a gullible bunch.

# And you need to read about Elon Musk who is doing it right. 

Copy this idea if you must, send out a challenge to the world. I have some connections, who possess integrity, who are very well-connected to the big names in Los Angeles. I can help you achieve this if you want to live and breathe integrity. Stop the nonsense of aligning yourself with crapcoin snake oil salesmen. You are putting us all at risk. You're threatening the health of this  ecosystem that I have been fighting for since last year. The crazy thing is that you could work with amazing people if you decided to do so. By choosing these snakes, you really have lost credibility. It would be so easy to change.

Read the full article about Tesla's plans to crowdsource a TV ad: http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/5th-grader-gave-marketing-advice-tesla-excited-idea/story?id=45884413

# It's in our hands. It always was.

https://youtu.be/Iks_Emo2fVw

Bjork lyrics:

> Look no further
Look no further
Look no further
Creulest almost 
Always to ourselves
It mustn't get any better
Off!
It's in our hands 
It always was
It's in our hands
In our hands
It's all there
In our hands
It's all there
In our hands
Well
Now aren't we're scaring ourselves
Unnecessarily
Aren't we trying too hard?
'Cause it in our hands
It's in our hands
It's all here