Celebrity worship syndrome … is indicative of a kind of a complete dissolution of the self in favor of another. … Whether it's a mob mentality or a desire to be controlled by something higher than you, these cases are indicative of how charisma can replace the ego.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Celebrity worship syndrome … is indicative of a kind of a complete dissolution of the self in favor of another. … Whether it's a mob mentality or a desire to be controlled by something higher than you, these cases are indicative of how charisma can replace the ego." in the context of "Jack Gleeson, Speech at Oxford Union (2014)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.