marketing

  • Building Better Analogies

    There is a commercial we all must suffer through, as we suffer all commercials. It is the one where Mathew McConaughey is dressed up as a cowboy and pontificates about AI; an analogy where AI is the new “wild west”… Continue reading

  • The Evolution of Our Consciousness

    To a con artist, there is no difference between a person who is too stupid to know they are being conned, and a person who believes they are too smart to be conned. By my reckoning (from Maciolekism),.. there are… Continue reading

  • The Politics of Trust

    If there is a difference between “Influencer”, “Politician”, and “Confidence Artist”, it is very small. Continue reading

  • Brand Tribes And Politics

    At the counter I ask for a small coffee with a splash of milk. The very young person facing me smirks and asks, “you mean tall?” I was blessed with a face that conveys irritation very clearly, and it is… Continue reading

  • Associative Media Fatigue

    A few years ago there was a media blitz about the Toyota Prius having deadly problems with it’s cruise control. It lasted exactly six weeks, turned out to be completely false, and Ford coincidentally announced it’s own hybrid car in… Continue reading

  • Propaganda does not convince people to get a vaccine or not… that is marketing. Propaganda convinces people that those who do get the vaccines are intelligent and mature humans, while those who do not are radicalized moronic animals… and vice… Continue reading