No, I don't think so. I am talking about human psychology and having perspective. This seems to be a common theme on HN: People here have tunnel vision. There is a lot more to the world than Hacker News and folks in tech and so on.
I participate here regularly and I spend a lot of time online. Yet, I did not know this person's name. I am not inner circle enough for his name to have caught my attention before.
Also, Alanis Morissette's fame was not undeserved. Neither was Meatloaf's.
