I didn't know of the man you're speaking of, but I know of what you speak.
My goodness we have become a society that is made of absolutely nothing.
Several years ago I took a part-time job in a upscale grocery store, and I kept noticing that all these younger women, you know, between the ages of 13 and 18 looked oddly similar. Their noses all looked alike.
It took me a while to put 2 and 2 together and figure out that all these girls probably had plastic surgery. It was a very affluent area, and diverse in population so there's no way melting pot would produce those noses.
The reason I mention it is because we really have become slaves to the superficial. Superficial beauty, superficial intelligence and superficial goodness. And in my mind, none of this bodes very well. And isn't it amazing that in the never ending quest for and defense of diversity, everyone wants to look alike.
Made of nothing!
Your comment reminded me strongly of the sentiments expressed in the movie Fight Club:
"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy sh*t we don't need... We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, VERY pissed off about it."
Mmmmmm, maybe they were all on the same mail route?
Attracted by the ephemeral, no interest or belief in the eternal.
Real beauty is the beauty of the soul. The body's beauty is because the soul shines through.