The Law of Conservation of Fame

Published: 2010-09-02

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Transcript

mimi: "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
eunice: Warhol said that in 1968.
eunice: Since then, population has doubled from 3.5 billion to 7 billion.
mimi: Now you only get to be famous for 7.5 minutes.
eunice: Zero-sum fame.