Quotes by Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction

Explore a curated collection of 11 quotes by Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Imitating recent successes is a game that everybody knows how to play. But seeing the next big thing before anybody else — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
It is not merely the feeling that something is familiar. It is one step beyond that. It is something new, challenging, o — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Initially [my favorite books] seem to immerse me in another life, but ultimately they immerse me in me; I am looking thr — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
In the psychology of aesthetics, there is a name for the moment between the anxiety of confronting something new and the — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
The line from psychologists is, if you’ve seen it before, it hasn’t killed you yet. — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Posting dramatic charts or funny pictures is good and giving people smart reasons to believe what they already think is — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency—t — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Some consumers buy products not because they are ‘better” in any way, but simply because they are popular. What they’re — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Cultural products will spread faster and wider when everybody can see what everybody else is doing. It suggests that the — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
In all sorts of markets—music, film, art, and politics—the future of popularity will be harder to predict as the broadca — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
People have all day to talk about what makes them ordinary. It turns out that they want to share what makes them weird. — Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction