Rather than rely on skills and ability, as stars once did to get noticed, he says there exists a trivialized process by which celebrities are made today.
Intel and Microsoft grew big and ruled the planet, while the old guard of Digital Equipment, Data General and Wang were taken over, trivialized or snuffed.
Even an attempt by the women in my class to obtain reduced tuition since no one expected us to earn as much was pretty much trivialized by the faculty and administration.