Bourgeois mythology and homilies to the true religion of modernity: not atheism, but rather unabated narcissism. Individuality based on the one hand of uncritically embracing "difference" and "change" and, on the other of regarding flaws of character not as things to be overcome but rather exalted and praised ad nauseum, only draws you away from understanding others as you cultivate a narrative of self adulation (or its equal inverse, self hatred.) Popularity is better. It derives from true individuation: that of the cultivation of civic virtue, humanity, warmth and humor. It is a marker of those who value their community and fellow man, and far from being shallow, it is given reflexively to those with conscientiousnes and joie de vivre which are alien to the smartphone generation, and so are only subconsciously yearned for. This is why past societies celebrated their "great men of character", who were the influencers of their day. It is an empty cliche to say that popularity is meaningless, and worse yet, that it something to be disdained. This person is just another creature of the age of Mammon. In the neoliberal world, only narcissism and what can be instrumentalized and made into a commodity are valued. The pedophiles of Palo Alto, who artificially inflate the visibility of videos like this, want you to dry up your womb and weaken your semen as you chase yet another meaningless certification so that you can write algorithms that police YouTube comments for transphobia, while feeling yourself triumphant (I mean, you have a blue check next to your name after all!). They hate popularity because they used to (rightly) be pushed into lockers and now want to rape your soul as revenge. Do you really believe what they produce and promote has anything to teach you?