piece dated 2011

I’ve recently come to believe all these millennial tech heroes are washed now. All the great stuff is a decade old. All the new stuff you share out of respect and nostalgia for the old stuff

I have a burgeoning thesis that it’s impossible to think good thoughts when you’re on top

Your money and/or power isolate you too much, and you’re no longer able to relate to a normal person or speak truth to power

The Farcaster formerly known as Kchamp. Books, beats, bodybuilding, bright ideas and beautiful things.

katherinechampagne.com

Miley Cyrus has a famous interview where she talks about how she doesn’t go on tour because the daily ego stoking and the constant subject/viewer relationship she has with an audience in that environment makes her a bad songwriter and unable to connect on a human level

I need to go find this!!

It’s genuinely scary what happens to celebrities like Miley. That position seems especially vulnerable as you can get surrounded by enablers. Justin Bieber looking bad these days…