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There are two kinds of celebrity crash because we now have two kinds of celebrity: attention controllers and attention seekers. Woods is an example of the former, whom you might also know as "people who are famous for actually doing things." Attention controllers' fame derives from some public competence; their...
The balance of fame seems to be moving from attention controllers to attention seekers. So it makes sense that we're seeing crossovers. Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska until - bummed out by ethics investigations and the press - she could no longer manage as an attention controller (albeit one who...
Re Bill Saporito's the Moment [Nov. 30]: It's ridiculous to encourage Americans to spend themselves into further trouble this holiday season. It used to be "American" to spend more than you had. Retailers have had their way for years. Now that Americans are more frugal, stores weep about...
The article was a collaborative effort with Fowler as well as University of Chicago professor John T. Cacioppo that was published Monday in the December issue of The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Christakis, Fowler, and Cacioppo used a decade’s worth of data collected by the...
Obama's statement that he would not pursue nation-building, though most likely tailored for his domestic audience, appeared to Afghans as little more than a commitment for greater military involvement to the detriment of development. "Sending in more troops is not a bad idea," says Abdul Jabar Sabit, Afghanistan...