Jonah Prousky
Cognoscenti contributor
Jonah Prousky is a Ph.D. candidate in economic sociology at MIT. His writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Hill, The Globe and Mail and elsewhere.
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Why we love anonymous celebrities like Banksy – and hate when they become known
"Simmelian strangers" like Banksy and Satoshi Nakamoto are symbolically important, writes Jonah Prousky. "They encourage us to think about an invention or piece of art — say, Banksy’s 'Balloon Girl'...