Posts tagged fame

2 February 2009

Reassuring news for this site at least.

re: economics, fame, horizons of the possible, internet, money, words

Nate:

A NYTimes.com Freakonomics Blog post by Justin Wolfers, 29 January 2009

The latest recession indicator: more people are searching Google for “coupons” than for “Britney Spears.” And it’s not that Britney is getting less popular. By this measure, the recession began in March 2008. Check out the full time series, here.

17 October 2008

"Virginia Postrel on glamour," TED.com, February 2004

This is a fascinating word- and image-history of the idea of glamour, from renaissance saints to high-speed trains to Hollywood starlets to the fancy hats of African-American woman at church.

re: cultural worlds, fame, fashion, glamour, grace, horizons of the possible, ideas, possibility, transport

Nate: