From what you're describing Fred Rogers and the work surrounding him was about caring for children and edifying their lives. That sort of work selects for someone who is humane. It's entertainment sure but it's at least 6-7 parallel universes detached from, say, Tom Cruise, who has a literal cult built around him. While the next Fred Rogers is studying to be a teacher, the next Kanye West is making a tik tok duet in their grandma's funeral for views. And if life rewards you with fame and fortune for something like that, you'd have 0 reasons not to behave like a god. You've been pre-selected for narcissism and your narcissism puts food on the table of dozens of investors, thousands of brand consultants, and millions of underpaid bengali footwear assemblers. Not to mention the scores of people who do worship you.
So really, what I'm trying to ask is: can you think of someone in the same business as Kanye West who is comparatively down to earth? And if so, wouldn't you say it's probably down to either a) they have a brand-image of someone who's good, kind natured? (Ellen Degeneres lmao), or b) their individual psychology?
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From what you're describing Fred Rogers and the work surrounding him was about caring for children and edifying their lives. That sort of work selects for someone who is humane. It's entertainment sure but it's at least 6-7 parallel universes detached from, say, Tom Cruise, who has a literal cult built around him. While the next Fred Rogers is studying to be a teacher, the next Kanye West is making a tik tok duet in their grandma's funeral for views. And if life rewards you with fame and fortune for something like that, you'd have 0 reasons not to behave like a god. You've been pre-selected for narcissism and your narcissism puts food on the table of dozens of investors, thousands of brand consultants, and millions of underpaid bengali footwear assemblers. Not to mention the scores of people who do worship you.
So really, what I'm trying to ask is: can you think of someone in the same business as Kanye West who is comparatively down to earth? And if so, wouldn't you say it's probably down to either a) they have a brand-image of someone who's good, kind natured? (Ellen Degeneres lmao), or b) their individual psychology?