FWIW to the author of this piece: I don't know who you are and googling did not turn up a Wikipedia page. So that makes me think you aren't really FAMOUS, no matter how many people online or in tech might know of you.
The song "Thank you" by Alanis Morissette comes to mind. She hit it big at a young age. She wisely did not want to suffer the fate that stars like Meatloaf suffered when he hit it big young and then crashed and burned. Overwhelmed by her fame and success, she took a sabbatical and stopped singing. She found her voice again while visiting India, where she was surrounded by throngs of people, none of whom knew here. It was a good antidote to the ills of fame.
I apologize, but I cannot parse that. Are you saying that the links validate my point of view? Or validates your opinion that I am in error? I just can't make heads nor tails of what that phrasing is supposed to convey.
No, I don't think so. I am talking about human psychology and having perspective. This seems to be a common theme on HN: People here have tunnel vision. There is a lot more to the world than Hacker News and folks in tech and so on.
I participate here regularly and I spend a lot of time online. Yet, I did not know this person's name. I am not inner circle enough for his name to have caught my attention before.
Also, Alanis Morissette's fame was not undeserved. Neither was Meatloaf's.
The song "Thank you" by Alanis Morissette comes to mind. She hit it big at a young age. She wisely did not want to suffer the fate that stars like Meatloaf suffered when he hit it big young and then crashed and burned. Overwhelmed by her fame and success, she took a sabbatical and stopped singing. She found her voice again while visiting India, where she was surrounded by throngs of people, none of whom knew here. It was a good antidote to the ills of fame.
It's a big wide world.