Pompidou
One Too Many
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I wonder if it's just the latest generation, or if it's anyone who's fully latched onto social media and the potential for personal stardom on the internet? The internet has given every average Joe an unprecedented capability for the proverbial 15 minutes of fame. It's all about me. Traditional media has been losing ground to the private blogger (a trend which some say is reversing, and supposedly "Internet 3.0" will be less focused on making new celebrities, but focusing on the ones we already have). Everybody's private life is now worthy of world attention, and if YouTube is any indicator, gets it. If this isn't a breeding pool for worldwide narcissism, what is? I'm not denying narcissism is on the rise, or that it's most visible in the latest generation. I'm asking, could it be any other way? Everybody is a hero on the internet. I'm about as average as a Joe gets, but even I can load up Facebook and see over 400 "friends". That level of supposed popularity isn't natural. Humans evolved to best relate to smaller clans/tribes apparently. Having so many people doting on our every word gives us all power complexes, or can, anyway.
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