http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:21:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/16/163923.php#comment-28758 Babies that get no attention die - human attention is as vital as air, water and food. Hermits die young also. 28758@blogcritics.org Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:21:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/16/163923.php#comment-28756 indeed, i am of the view that every human, to a certain degree, is in need of attention. Without attention, one only has one's self, which is sure to drive anyone insane. Naturally, the degree of attention we each crave varies greatly. i would, for instance, say that i require a very great deal less attention than the average egotistical a-list movie star. Whyever would the various media companies have been able to grow so much, without the support of a huge amount of people who like to read about others (no matter how inane/stupid/tedious/false the stories) simply because they hanker after having such an amount of attention lavished on themselves - think of how many "normal" people would love to be movie/music stars, i.e. internationally famous to some degree. i would be lying if i said i am one of the few who can live without any attention. if that were the case, i wouldn't need friends and so wouldn't bother to make any, however even out of the people i know, there are some who blatantly need/want (small difference in this case?) more attention than others. 28756@blogcritics.org Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:10:22 EST