In the book The Culture of Narcissism, Christopher Lasch writes In our time, when success is so largely a function of youth, glamour, and novelty, glory is more fleeting than ever, and those who win the attention of the public worry incessantly about losing it
यामुळे अनेक ख्यातनाम व्यक्‍ती ड्रग्ज व मादक पेयांच्या आहारी जाऊन आपले जीवन अकालीच समाप्त करतात.