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This is probably a mistake many people do when they become famous. They cannot accept that after some time, people are moving to a different topic, abandoning t

This is probably a mistake many people do when they become famous. They cannot accept that after some time, people are moving to a different topic, abandoning them. Now they must insert themselves into the new topic in order to remain relevant. But unlike the old topic, where they had some impressive mastery, in the new topic they are about as knowledgeable as a random person on internet; they just repeat someone else's edgy opinions, and try to back them with their previous authority. When I hear Peterson talking about mythology, he seems unique and interesting. When I hear Peterson talking about... whatever is the current hot topic... it's not too different from what idiots around me are saying all day long.

ChildOfChaos 4y ago
Yes exactly this. I have a problem with the fact that people see an 'expert' then want there opinion about everything or in the social media age, they give an opinion on everything, things way out of there expertise and often just makes you think they are dumb, but it seems a lot of people just want to follow someone, so they but these people on a pedestal and think that there views on things they know nothing about are somehow important, just because they had an interesting idea in a different field, a field they have been highly involved in for many years, rather than something they just randomly came up with on the spot.