Offered in Parsons graduate Design & Technology program, Internet Famous Class is dedicated to learning how to spread your work to the widest possible audience online. It's also the first algorithmically graded class in the history of academics.
Our Famotron software measures the online attention economy — view counts, blog links, social media activity, followers and their influence — and awards students their final letter grade. more...
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Happiness is declining in Belgium. Freakonomics blogger Justin Wolfers throws out a hypothesis:
The Belgians have not enjoyed the rise of celebrity culture that provides so much amusement for the rest of us… Belgium is suffering a severe shortage of famous people.
–What Explains the Supply of Fame?
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James Powderly
WTUgLn AFAICT you’ve covered all the bases with this answer!