Video Killed the Newsletter Star | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Video Killed the Newsletter Star | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

When I was a kid in the ’70s and ’80s, they told us, “You can be anything you want.” Thus empowered, Sesame Street’s Big Bird decided to be a firefighter. Failure ensued. Later in the same episode, a camera-toting cast member named Olivia sings “You Can Be Anything You Want To” with Big Bird, who then decides to be a photographer. This is what shrinks call the “Chameleon Effect”—unconsciously mimicking the behaviors of others—and it’s a symptom …

Video Killed the Newsletter Star

When I was a kid in the ’70s and ’80s, they told us, “You can be anything you want.” Thus empowered, Sesame Street’s Big Bird decided to be a firefighter. Failure ensued. Later in the same episode, a camera-toting cast member named Olivia sings “You Can Be Anything You Want To” with Big Bird, who then decides to be a photographer. This is what shrinks call the “Chameleon Effect”—unconsciously mimicking the behaviors of others—and it’s a symptom …