Will there be any more iconic legendary people?

marcus449 · December 2016

yes, because the people decide who is iconic and people need icons

I'm sure the Roman's would agree that there'll never been someone as iconic as Marcus Aurelius

RocknRollDave · December 2016

It all happens in retrospect. There are NEVER legends around right now, whenever "right now" happens to be.

There are , I am sure, plenty of dead actors/ musicians who would be amazed at the legendary status they have ascended to but who also have plenty of tales of cancelled shows/ being dropped by their record company etc whilst they were still alive to have enjoyed it.

ThePrettyDamned · December 2016

Pewdiepie could become one.

PolarityMan · December 2016

ThePrettyDamned said:

Pewdiepie could become one.

I was going to post that exact same thing, I think a smaller portion of icons from our time will be musicians, see content matter of this:

monquixote · December 2016

I think the biggest icons of the modern world are tech CEOs

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos etc.

scrumhalf · December 2016

Of course there will be.

It's just that they risk becoming lost in a fog of "celebrities" who are probably better known to the majority of people for things with no redeeming value whatsoever.

Cream rises to the top, but unfortunately so does hot air.

BigMonka · December 2016

monquixote said:

I think the biggest icons of the modern world are tech CEOs

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos etc.

And 'real world Tony Stark/Iron Man' Elon Musk

Placidcasual79 · December 2016

Icons are subjective and socially constructed. They are as much a product of the society in which they are created as they are the result of individual endeavour, integrity or talent.
Capitalism creates a greater need for icons as they fulfil the masses increasingly desperate belief in the unlikely possibility that they can transcend the futile, mundane and inescapable circumstances in which they are trapped.
The more probable scenario is a growing incongruence between your views of what constitutes an icon and what values those attempting to control society choose to promote.

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