As its name almost suggests its particularly American, and the premise is that you choose your answers from a multitude of mutiple choice questions, thus building up a profile of yourself and your likes and dislikes. It sounds a lot like Internet Advertising profiling to me, and I’m yet to be convinced. One thing which would be intersting, is, how would it interact with an impulsive person?

Or someone a little off the wall, like say Adin for example (had to plug you Adin)

I think what I’m trying to say here, is do we need computers making our bad decisions for us, or are we doing a good enough job as it is?

The scary thing for me would be the reliance on such automated decision making could one day lead to our inability to think, instead programming us into being one trick ponies, ie point and click multiple choise questionaire answerers.

Out with reason and logic, and in with idiocracy.

Personally I like to make my own mistakes.

Head on over to hunch.com and have a look for yourself.

My mate Adin is living his life as a reality show.

Well for the next five years at least.

I’ll be blogging about this going forward, but for now, these are my initial thoughts.

He has a show called (adin)5… Its mostly Facebook based for now, however he is blogging over at adin5.wordpress.com

The premise is pretty simple.

You give him something that allows him to live. So it can be a service, money or advice. That kinda thing. He then uses what you give him, either to fund himself or his reality show or, and most importantly, charities of your choice.

He takes no more than he needs to live and service various debt as well have to do nowadays.

This is all filmed, blogged about, disseminated, rehashed, punted, however you like to look at it.

What do you get?

‘fame and fortune and everything that goes with it’

You get ‘fame and fortune and everything that goes with it’… (I made that up….. err actually no I didn’t Freddie Mercury did… just checking to see if you’re paying attention!)

Seriously though, this is shaping up to be a real marketing vehicle for contributors. As a contributor you get media covered, in a social media context. I’m sure numbers will steadily increase and more and more people will come on board. If you head on over to Adins facebook page at (adin)5 you will see what I mean.

I’ve been working in various marketing capacities for a long time and this has potential without a doubt. If anyone has the drive to live in the spotlight to make a difference, then I have to say it’s probably Adin van Ryneveld.

He is already talking about and punting a few products and services of various people who have helped him along the way. One of which is moi. Strictly no cash for me on this I swear

I’m doing this cos I believe in the medium. The idea is a decent one and it gives back people.

So head on over to his blog and see what its all about. Here’s that address again, adin5@wordpress.com.

Most people have thought Adin is crazy for this. I call it visionary. So please tweet this, retweet it, blog about it if you’re a blogger. This is an experiment worth having and all for a good cause.

You heard it here folks.

Adin is a mate of mine and has been for a long time. A little off the wall at times, he has always had this dream of making a difference in South Africa and I’m proud to say he has finally taken that step forward in launching HIMSELF as a reality show. Confused?? Let him explain further.

“I have a crazy idea for a wiki-ality show…a reality show that you I need your help to make.

(adin)5…pronounced Adin to the power of 5…is my 5 year plan to make a difference in South Africa. The plan is mostly in my head still but lemme tell you what I know for sure:

At 5:55pm on the 5th day of the 5th month 2009…

…I stop money on myself  & I start giving away all the money I earn!

That’s right, I am going to be surviving on sponsorship and the kindness of others for the next 5 years! That way I will be able to give all my money away to organisations, projects and people making a difference in South Africa. I become a Charity Case in that I will have to rely on others for my survival AND because I will giving all my money away.

My intention is to give away more money than any other South African by 5:55pm on the 5th day of the 5th month 2014…you think I can do it?”

Well there you have it folks. What do you think? If youwould like to know more or get involved (adin)5 can be reached at the follwing contact points

Become a fan- http://www.facebook.com/pages/adin5/52491498974
Be my friend – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=647030714&ref=name
Follow me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/AdinvanRyneveld
Chat to me on Skype – AdinvanRyneveld
Email me – adin@nu-buntu.co.za
Call me – +2721 82 921 3552

Last but not least, the blog address http://adin5.wordpress.com