Reading HN is caring about what other people do, no?
If Taylor Swift has something interesting to say about the economics of music production, I'm all ears. That's something I don't have a view into, and she has a reputation for being smart. I bet she could teach us some things about that. I can't talk myself into having an opinion on her relationship with Travis Kelce beyond "good for them, hope they're happy together".
Also, no one else is talking about video games. But yes, I'd find someone passionately talking about gaming -- something they participate in -- more interesting than another person talking about what they'd read about some mundane thing that another person had done.
Henry Buckle said[0]
> “Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.”
To each their own, but I'm on Hank's side on this.
However, I will point out the strong irony in that appeal to authority you are doing there. Why is what Henry Buckle said any more important than the soon-to-be president like the article's example of the Gerald Ford cover story in People's 4th issue? I guess being born two centuries ago means he isn't a "celebrity" so we can trust him?