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    Never Go To Vegas, And Other Unspoken Rules Of Being An A-Lister

    It can seem arbitrary the way certain people fascinate us. But researcher Elizabeth Currid-Halkett says celebrity has a formula. So does being part of any social group — perhaps even your own.
    by Shankar Vedantam Dec 18, 2017 1 minute
    Researcher Elizabeth Currid-Halkett says celebrity can be boiled down to a simple formula.

    All social classes have unspoken rules.

    From A-list celebrities to teachers, doctors, lawyers, and journalists — there are social norms that govern our decisions, whether we

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