Check out a book called The Tipping Point. It's all about this phenomenon and the elements that create it.

by Xmarks 1 week ago

Atomic habits talk about the tipping point in a more performance oriented way which is pretty cool and I've been working on lately. Basically you focus on tiny improvements in all areas of life and your minor improvements finally reach a tipping point, and you get a dramatic improvement in life. I've done it successfully a few times

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Another fantastic book

by Xmarks 1 week ago

"Nothing succeeds like success"

by wuckertjayson 1 week ago

I think that's true of those celebs who actively seek out publicity. But a lot of celebrities, maybe even most of them, don't do that. Their careers play out in public, but I think for many it is nice to sink into anonymity in their private life. Supposedly Kevin Bacon has a very simple disguise that he uses and claims it has been 100% effective; he has never said what it is lol.

by Standard-Brain 1 week ago

Too Big in Hollywood to Fail?

by Standard-Brain 1 week ago

Popularity is like star formation

by Possible_Coyote_384 1 week ago

Is popularity really as important as shown in American TV shows? It seems extremely harsh in the shows.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm also quite intrigued by this . From many of the Americans I've spoken to , cheerleaderism and jock culture seem to be as prevalent irl as it is on tv . I once read an article about how American financial powers have an active interest in making a society that is exactly like it is on tv but I'm curious how many people feel that way irl

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's extremely real.

by Sorry_Tradition 1 week ago

No.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So if we combine popularity and capitalism do we get populism or capitalarity

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We get America

by No-Bottle 1 week ago

success being exponential is not intrinsic to capitalism. unless you actively work to combat it (which has yet to be successfully achieved by any system), replace capitalism with anything else and the phenomenon remains

by ddurgan 1 week ago

Influencers made it capitalism

by Anonymous 1 week ago

In the U.S., corporations and other entities are legally obligated to seek and/or maximize profit and growth, per duties of loyalty and care to shareholders/members. In short, officers cannot simply take the nonprofitable route purely out of kindness or generosity. There must be shareholder approval or an underlying publicity reason, lest the officers risk a derivative suit. In short, the main capitalists of the world have their hands tied - they have to seek the Tipping Point and beyond. Popular people can largely due whatever they want. Don't want to be popular any more? There are ways to disappear. It's tough and takes sacrifice, but is possible. Maybe, for some celebrities, it's impossible - but that's a small minority of popular people. By contrast, for capitalists, continuing and expanding capitalism is near-universal. Want to do something truly altruistic? Go ahead, popular people! Your hands aren't nearly as tied. You'd be surprised how many execs want to "do good," but feel they can't. Popular people can do good all day - whether it hurts or helps their popularity. Now marketers and advertisers are a different breed. They're the ones getting a kick out of - and priding themselves on - manipulating people. One marketer I know flatout stated, "I majored in religion, so I know how to get people to believe they need something that didn't even exist before I came around." FU, Samantha. If you weren't so damn hot and seductive all the time, we wouldn't be friends. Sadistic, smirking b*tch.

by Anonymous 1 week ago