The Ignorance of Spectators
3 min readMar 13, 2022
And it’s not just about Naomi Osaka
Most of us have and will never be able to identify with the environment in which professional athletes, famous celebrities, influential executives, and others under significant public scrutiny operate. We idolize, deify, and otherwise elevate these individuals to such a level that they often seem incapable of having flaws or unworthy of the humanity we reserve for the everyday…