THE INTENSITY OF the desire for fame depends also on the nature of one’s society. The more dignity and kindness are given only to the very few, the stronger will be the urge to avoid being simply normal. Those who pin the blame for ‘celebrity culture’ at the door of the immoral young are hence missing the point. The real cause of celebrity culture isn’t narcissistic shallowness, it is a deficit of kindness. A society where everyone wants to be famous is also one where, for a variety of essentially political (in the broad sense) reasons, being ordinary has failed to deliver the degree of respect necessary to satisfy people’s natural appetite for dignity. ~Alain De Botton
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 03:20:13 +0000
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