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Quoting for remarkable insight: > “Fame” takes that internal camera we call the “self” and puts it on a massive selfie stick, so when you are in public a perce
by ByThyGrace 5y ago
Quoting for remarkable insight:
> “Fame” takes that internal camera we call the “self” and puts it on a massive selfie stick, so when you are in public a percentage of your brain is always occupied by observing yourself in the third person. And eventually you don’t know how to reel that camera back in, even when you’re at home with your partner and kids. You start to believe that you are an entity. You learn to like yourself as much as you are liked, which means, when the trolls come trolling, you tend to hate yourself as much as you are hated.
- hnbad 5y agoIt's worth noting that this is not only true for fame but also more generally for power. Power literally corrupts the mind. So in a way, hierarchical power structures are a mental health crisis.