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I'm trying to aggregate a list on my roam of... public figures and the pivotal event(s) that amplified them eg: Hendrix: London gig (guitar on fire), Woodstock (star spangled banner) Carl Sagan: Cosmos tv show Obama: More Perfect Union speech what comes to mind?
with movie stars it's usually pretty straightforward when there's a breakout role: al pacino in godfather, julia roberts in pretty woman, etc. that's pretty easy to look up, too i'm curious about breakout roles for public figures
eg it seems like Zizek became popular because he was writing op-eds for a youth magazine, isn't that an interesting fact to know? especially if you want to pursue a Zizek-type career? https://t.co/aqn2v5rl7R
@visakanv I think there are some interesting counter-examples that play with what it means to be a public figure. Sometimes you're on track to be conventional famous, and then you turn Breakout: 1985 Back to the Future 1987: broke back into a different niche https://t.co/FDNopxX81m
@visakanv Here's another mega turning point for a public figure where he exited traditional notoriety but still stayed famous, just niche https://t.co/wj8ZesPOaB
Alan Watts’ volunteer radio broadcasts are probably a substantial part of how he solved for distribution. He was basically a podcaster in the 50s https://t.co/GKLNe44aJ4
On top of a million words of HN comments and lots of great blogposts, patio11 estimates 3,000 conversations about SaaS pricing https://t.co/uaMakgciBX
(This assumes you have a deep desire for novelty, which is something I would diagnose myself with. If I have to fill in a spreadsheet I zone out by row 8, but I have probably had the same conversation about SaaS pricing 3,000 times and would happily have it at lunch today.)