/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>6767260
Take a look at Dan Blizerian
Sure, he might not be a darling of the media, but he's a great example of social capital in motion. This ridiculous fucker inherited trust fund money and could've used it for anything he pleased. He chose to be a hyper-normie and use it to broadcast every waking moment of his stereotypically "successful" life. And for some already wealthy people, like Blizerian and the Kardashians, this can be turned into a brand.

But for the average girl or boy on the internet or at the club attempting to imitate them, there's certainly no financial incentive beyond having drinks bought for you. They're putting money into whoring their identities out. Examples might include clothing, jewelry, vacation pictures, fitness shoots, twitch streaming, twitter grandstanding and much more. They don't expect success, they expect eyes and followers. The excessive individualism of American society is a double edged sword here, providing the environment for both reclusive inward living and extreme attention demanding.

Millennials (and the generation following) are beginning to fall into the individualist extremes of either reclusive individualism, or the pursuit of social capital with exhibitionist individualism.

>>6767514
Exactly, and that's part of the exhibitionist nature of our society.

>>6767597
I don't think it is, it's doing what you think is valuable regardless of how much others will admire you for it. And that's not individualist wank. If you want to raise a family and participate in the local community to help make a stronger society, then do that regardless of how others will see you. Don't show off and waste your life being a social capital prostitute.