Thought Catalog presents, "25 Rules For Living From a (Semi-)Successful 26-Year-Old," by Ryan Holiday, a young flack who is "successful" because he wrote a book about lying to journalists on behalf of noted misogynist media whores. Sounds interesting.

Yesterday, news broke of a massive ($500K, allegedly) book deal for 24 year-old Ryan Holiday (pictured)—whose name will be familiar to savvy Gawker readers as the spokesman for American Apparel. So what's so interesting about him?