Fame. What’s the point?

Here lies Matt Goss: look on his works, ye mighty, and despair. Image: Christian Lanegger via Flickr Things mentioned in this podcast: - Tim Ferris - reasons to not become famous https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/ - ‘One in four millennials would quit their job to become famous’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2017/01/24/one-in-four-millennials-would-quit-their-job-to-be-famous/#404883e52c43 - What percentage of people are famous? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/something-like-00086-of-the-world-is-famous/267397/ - Bloomberg’s Top 500 Billionaires https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/ - John Maltby, ‘An Interest in Fame’ https://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MfameBJP2009.pdf - Does fame make you happy? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514111402.htm For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player https://link.chtbl.com/SQeIgc44