Once the pop chart mentality has taken over, people place importance solely on creating an image, fame becomes the measure of success, and the public's standard of judgment is no longer innate value but market value: being popular means being valuable.
排行榜的風氣一旦形成，人們只重形象的塑造，打知名度以自抬身價，至於真才實學則不為所重，因為社會大眾的價值評量不在內在價值，而在乎市場價值，只要受人歡迎就表示有價值。