Traditional fame sounds terrible, but Internet fame can be good.
Traditional Fame:
∙ Respected for image
∙ The media controls your distribution
∙ Mass-market
Internet Fame:
∙ Respected for ideas
∙ You control your distribution
∙ Niche market of like-minded people
Traditional Fame:
∙ Respected for image
∙ The media controls your distribution
∙ Mass-market
Internet Fame:
∙ Respected for ideas
∙ You control your distribution
∙ Niche market of like-minded people
We're moving into a stage where you can be internet famous *and* anonymous.
I've met many people who write anonymously on Twitter, and they have most of the upsides without the downsides of writing under your real name. Expect that to become more common.
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I've met many people who write anonymously on Twitter, and they have most of the upsides without the downsides of writing under your real name. Expect that to become more common.
perell.com/essay/why-you-…
Pursuing fame should come secondary to the work, as Jiddu Krishnamurti explains so beautifully in the paragraph below 
On the topic of identity, this is a wild prediction from “The Crypto-Anarchist Manifesto” which inspired parts of modern Internet culture.
It predicts that reputation will become more important, even as the way we verify identity changes.
If so, anonymity will be a new normal.
It predicts that reputation will become more important, even as the way we verify identity changes.
If so, anonymity will be a new normal.
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