Morgan Housel book R0: 1.2
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel has an R-naught of 1.2 — for every person who buys it, 1.2 more buy it — and has sold more copies every month since launch.
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“My Autism Keeps Upsetting People” - Vittorio Angelone - #1119
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Jul 4, 2026
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The Risk of Being Cringe Cancelled
At 56:26 · chapter starts 53:49
Chris has been turning over a new idea: cringe cancellation. You can cancel someone for doing something illegal, or for saying something reprehensible — but the most insidious form is making their brand so uncool that association with it becomes social poison. [1] — Chris Williamson "You can be cancelled for something illegal, or for something offensive. But cringe cancellation is worse: it's making your brand equity so …" 54:24 He uses the Shetty and Bartlett 'Wizards of Nothing' clip as the canonical example. Comedians are particularly potent weapons here because they reach audiences naturally. The spiral is vicious: any pushback against cringe only produces more cringe. Chris links this to the R-naught concept — if you can make the contagion rate of someone's brand go negative, you don't need to make an argument, you just need to make them embarrassing. The Rock's slow rebrand from family-friendly freak to edgy guy is discussed as an attempted cringe-cancellation escape.
Cringe Cancellation: The Most Pernicious Form of Cancel Culture
You can be cancelled for something illegal, or for something offensive. But cringe cancellation is worse: it's making your brand equity so embarrassing that association with you becomes social poison. Chris explains this is why comedians are often weaponised — they're the delivery mechanism for cringe.
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