Never Go To Vegas

永远不要去维加斯

Hidden Brain

社会科学

2017-12-19

48 分钟
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All social classes have unspoken rules. From A-list celebrities to teachers, doctors, lawyers, and journalists — there are social norms that govern our decisions, whether we realize it or not. This week on Hidden Brain, the invisible qualities that all celebrities have in common, and how our interest in them builds because of cues we get from one another. Later in the episode, we look at another elite group: the yoga-loving, Whole Foods-shopping, highly-educated group that researcher Elizabeth Currid-Halkett calls the "aspirational class."
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  • This is hidden brain.

  • I'm Shankar Vedanta.

  • Being a celebrity can be boiled down to a simple formula.

  • Follow these rules, and you can be an A lister, too.

  • Rule number one, go to the right parties.

  • It's the year's most electrifying red carpet with exclusive.

  • Rule number two, hang out with the right people.

  • Two of the most successful singers in the biz, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift.

  • I mean, the two have been BFF's for, like, ever.

  • Rule number three, be seen.

  • But in small doses.

  • Overexposure, as we know, actually does make people lose interest.

  • Rule number four, never go to Vegas.

  • What are you talking about?

  • Vegas.

  • Vegas, baby.

  • Vegas.

  • If you go to Las Vegas, it actually pulls your star power down.

  • Now, maybe you're thinking, this episode isn't for me.

  • I'm not an A lister.