If people can keep track of all the celebrity gossip, there's no reason we can't also assimilate the key concepts of economic philosophy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.
People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going.
Why are we so obsessed with celebrity culture? We have front-page news about divorces instead of front-page news about global warming, about women being abused, about children being abused. We're going on a downward spiral.
Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.
Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit.
Now with the Internet, a celebrity is fair game, and it's all designed to sell advertising space.
I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!
I think we live a culture that's obsessed with people, you know, 'Celebrities are just like us!' Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.
Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.