I've been wondering why so many people are so fixated on knowing every little detail about their favorite celebrity. "News" articles are frequently published talking about who was partying with whom, the latest celebrity gossip, and "shocking" "scandals". It's really annoying for me to open up a news website and get bombarded with silly newsburgers about Perez Hilton's recent activities.
Maybe people want to follow the activities of celebrities because those celebrities have outstanding moral character or are good role models. On today's celebrity scene, however, it is very rare to find a famous person who is famous for being a good person. Instead, we have boatloads of cultural icons who engage in all sorts of unbecoming behavior. So, I don't think we follow celebrities because we look up to them.
Maybe we want to know all about famous people because we think our own lives are disinteresting. This is probably the reason for many people's fixation on celebrities. When one works 9 to 5 at a tedious job, it adds some excitement to one's life to see what sort of famous activities famous people are up to. Celebrities are good at entertaining - that's how they became celebrities.
The last reason I can think of is that we want to get away from a crisis around us. It's easier to read about how well-known personalities are living than to put down the newspaper and fix our lives. It's easier to expend our worrying energy on things we can't change than to consider the consequences of decisions that pertain to our lives. I find that if I can't make a decision, I will start thinking about something totally unrelated (probably computer code), get tired of thinking, and stop thinking at all.
And that's the first actual post of this blog. #abruptconclusion
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