Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

Everybody wants to be famous, or they should because fame brings benefits like nothing else does: 1. Opportunity: famous people are offered things that no one else is, especially privilege. 2. Credibility: when a famous person talks, whether or not they’re experts, people listen. 3. Sincerity: money doesn’t underlie the relationships famous people have; being associated with a famous person is enough for their friends & confederates. 4. Platform: fame brings an audience to hear whatever it is they have to say about food, politics, sex, etc. 5. Legitimacy: once a person achieves fame, whatever else they’ve done in their lives is also canonized. 6. Admiration: people look up to the famous, including bragging rights for family, and 7. Election: famous people can gain public office because name recognition in king in politics.