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"Worldwide, Larry Page is certainly more of a public figure than Magic Johnson." Is what I responded to. Don't misconstrue how much people do not care about b
by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"Worldwide, Larry Page is certainly more of a public figure than Magic Johnson."
Is what I responded to.
Don't misconstrue how much people do not care about business people, and how much they do care about sports figures.
Nobody in my family knows who Larry Page is.
- fhoffa 7y agoOk, I see. Just for fun: - In Silicon Valley... Magic Johnson has more google searches than Larry Page. - In India... Larry Page has more google searches than Magic Johnson. - https://imgur.com/a/KwQ5wJt https://imgur.com/a/KwQ5wJt Just checking Google Trends, as you suggested...
- TheMissingData 7y agoLarry > Magic might be the HN bubble, but Magic > Larry definitely is the US bubble. Most of the world does not care about basketball at all.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoExcept China. I’m always asked about the NBA when I visit China, and I know nothing about basketball.
- philwelch 7y agoIn the US, the number one Larry that is a rival to Magic is not even Larry Page.
- sonnyblarney 7y agoHilarious: in the US, Larry Bird a guy who has not played ball in almost 30 years (!) is still way more popular than Larry Page. At least according to G trends. The the OPs point however, Wikipedia is a special place.
- philwelch 7y agoHow many people ever paid money to go watch Larry Page at work for a day? Corporate executives have wealth and power; let the ballplayers have the celebrity :)
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