> hero worship Perhaps part of what's happening is the word "hero" is picking up new roles, while retaining old associations. One can have a hero without some

> hero worship Perhaps part of what's happening is the word "hero" is picking up new roles, while retaining old associations. One can have a hero without something heroic. "Oh, not me, it's Joe that's the hero - he spotted that the meeting munchies were delivered to the wrong room." One can be heroic without heroism. "Thank you for your heroic efforts this evening to get the server back up." One can have heroism without bravery. "Your dauntless heroism in being here every single day without fail, has been critical to our success". We don't seem to have a very rich or nuanced active vocabulary for describing excellence, or contribution, or sacrifice, or adversity? Or exemplars, or recognition, or celebration. So meaning blurs. Especially when there's an incentive for it to.