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Submitted by Cynthia on December 24, 2007 - 12:04am

Ya gotta love this story about a course called "Internet Famous" over on TIME. The goal is for students to get famous on the internet. It's Lanham's Economics of Attention in action.

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brings to mind

Submitted by rhosa (not verified) on December 24, 2007 - 8:46am.

“Just think tho I’m gonna be (expletive) famous."
-- Robert A. Hawkins, suicide note, near Omaha, Neb., 7 Dec. 2007

ooo....good point

Submitted by Cynthia on December 24, 2007 - 10:51am.

right. wonder if the prof integrates this problem into the course. Of course, if we ask the question here (even posting about the course), we're helping his students in their 'famous' quotient. Interesting.