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I have a personal rule to never trust anyone who speaks in the third person...this article seems to validate that quite well. From another perspective though,
by avs733 11y ago
I have a personal rule to never trust anyone who speaks in the third person...this article seems to validate that quite well.
From another perspective though, is GQ effectively proposing Paris Hilton as a disruptive innovation? I kind of except that...she effectively initiated the business of recursive celebrity (rich begets famous begets rich). I honestly wonder what scholars 2-300 years from now will have to say about the development of reality television from Survivor to The Simple Life/Paris Hilton to the Kardashians to whatever will come next...
and I cannot believe I just wrote this on HN
- nxzero 11y agoParis is a disruptive innovation, though just not one that the tech world sees an opportunity. On the other hand, social media is just as driven in large part by pop-culture, but tech loves it. Beyond that, most people crave what she's managed to create, not the only rich person in the world, yet she managed to make it happen. Now if it was only possible to make meaningful ideas & knowledge as viral using the same tactics.
- Touche 11y ago> I kind of except that...she effectively initiated the business of recursive celebrity (rich begets famous begets rich). Wait, why is the current royal family rich/famous?
- wutbrodo 11y agoThey were better at killing people+politics way back in the day.
- simonh 11y agoIt's fun to note that British royal family have a direct line of descent from Rollo in Vikings. And Vlad the Impaler.
- Touche 11y agoTheir ancestors, yeah. So I see no different scenario than the rich beget famous recursion we're talking about.
- kazagistar 11y agoIts the much older and traditional "children of rich are rich, children of famous are famous".
- avs733 11y agoI would separate power (even historical power) and it's inter-linkage with wealth and fame from simply the inter-linkage of wealth and fame. That to me is the new thing, removing power from this equation
- shalmanese 11y agohttps://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/paris-hilton-profile-2015-19-fragrances-and-counting-heiress https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/paris-hilton-profile-...
- djtriptych 11y ago..and Andy Warhol turns in his grave.