Fame is treated as an earned given, not a legitimate goal
Evidence
To Thomas, and much of the tech sector, fame is something a person is just supposed to have, rather than something to which people should directly aspire. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 404
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Celebrities who voice complaints about fame are treated as ungrateful — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 375; Reality TV decoupled celebrity from objective merit or achievement — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 844; Micro-celebrity involves fame detached from any discernible achievement or work — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 316 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Fame stopped requiring skill and started rewarding pure notoriety after 2003
#expands(0.92) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 148 - Reality TV decoupled celebrity from objective merit or achievement
#expands(0.88) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 844 - Micro-celebrity involves fame detached from any discernible achievement or work
#expands(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 316 - Micro-celebrity status requires achievements, not just self-promotion
#contradicts(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 335 - Fame has become a purchased product of the cultural system.
#expands(0.82) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 114 - Fame shifted from costly earned status to broadcast and reality-driven attention
#qualifies(0.80) - Achieved micro-celebrity is a deliberate self-presentation strategy, not a social position
#complicates(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 277 - Mathematical fame can reward errors and mediocrity
#contradicts(0.75) — G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, 163 - Refusing to name a shooter denies them the fame they crave.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1032