Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The hollowness of advertising

These series of advertisements graced the walls of a fancy-looking pharmacy in the mall I recently walked through. For some reason, the manipulative, at-any-cost tone of these ads made me sad, as if the average person doesn't already have enough real concerns in his or her life to worry about.



To think I'll soon be going to one of the best marketing business schools in the world to learn how to convince people to do things they wouldn't otherwise do or buy things they wouldn't otherwise buy.

I hope to use these dark side-ish powers for good, but who knows. Luke Skywalker barely made it, and I think the Force was stronger with him than it is with me.

btj

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