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		yters on March 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ad exec driven to suicide (partly) by trolls You sure you don't mean influence instead? You can be very influential without any fame. Given the choice, I'd prefer influence.

curi on March 4, 2008 [–]

For example, if I were sufficiently famous, I would be invited to give a TED talk. That's valuable.

Certainly there are different types of fame, and something more along the lines of 'influential' is better than the type where people want to know who you're dating.

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