when you spend your life as celebrity, you have no idea of who you are. // hostile takeover of consumer culture to make it a religion. // people see themselves as consumer products. // is a commodity culture, cult of self ... psychopaths. // ethic of Wall Street is same as ethic of consumer celebrity culture.

A tongue-in-cheek video is highlighting the plight of "Instagram husbands" - those poor partners who are stuck miserably photographing the exploits of their loved ones. Its creators say it's a joke about the shallow nature of social media - rather than a comment on gender politics. [...] Instagram skews heavily towards young people and women: according to one estimate, 68% of its users are female. Facebook and Pinterest also skew female, while Twitter and Tumblr are roughly balanced and Reddit and similar forums are predominately male, according to the Pew Research Center.

A conversation about the impact body confidence has on individuals and society as a whole. Highlighting how social media magnifies the desire to look "perfect" and the lengths to which girls will go to become their best “digital selves.” // Display yourself vs Contribute to society.

I Hate Celebrity Culture | Jack Gleeson | Oxford Union >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKboLTwzFTs >> object of imitation >> quasi charisma >> like to imitated, to followed ... // imitation is pillar for western consumerism. // Das Versprechen von Status ist eines der wichtigsten Verkaufsargumente überhaupt. [Folglich die] Nachahmungstheorie des Kulturwissenschaftlers René Girard: Für ihn zählt der Drang von Menschen, andere in ihrem Verhalten zu imitieren, zu den Grundlagen der Zivilisation. [Und somit Grundstein der westlichen Konsumgesellschaft.] ( via http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/oekonomen-konferenz-hongkong-warum-wir-immer-mehr-wollen-a-892673.html ) // "Intersubjectivity: Rene Girard's Vision of Mimetic Desire and Economic Dynamics" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eusHpPO0fI )