“It is absolutely true that there’s less demand for autographs. There’s a diminishing demand for print journalism. There’s a diminishing demand for stamps. There’s a diminishing demand for autographs,” Hecht, who is also a financial adviser for Morgan Stanley, told New Republic about the hobby, which came of age in 19th century United States when the scribbled signature of famous people was a marker of status and wealth.
“As we become more and more of a visual society, people want a visual representation of their favourite stars. We don’t know them through their writing, through their letter. We know them by their faces.”
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http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/people-who-took-the-selfie-stick-to-a-whole-new-level
