Fakes are powerful
Fakes beat the original in being arousing and holding the attention of people by being more entertaining and interesting. That is because they are not trammeled by being the original!
That explains the phenomenal success of The Onion and such parodies.
If the original is reclusive and enigmatic, and also successful, then we have to look for rumors and fakes to satiate our inherent clamor for gossip and scandal! As the world is full of people who love to sweeten their tea with a pinch of tittle-tattle and mild scandal, there will be no dearth of resources to cater to such needy!
Now we have a highly successful and enigmatic celebrity, who prefers to keep his private life out of arc lamps and depicts and attitude of “My personal life is nobody’s business”. Doesn’t he fit the bill to be the most likely candidate for being faked! But there is another spin-off benefit too - call it “collateral” if you like - for the adventurous and the innovative faker! He becomes instantly famous!
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish!
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
That is Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple telling you the story of his life, his philosophy and a piece of advice to the students of Stanford.
Read the whole speech on Job’s life and his rendezvous with his death. Isn’t it really moving, emotional, frank and straightforward? It makes me feel proud to say I am a fan of his!
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