Re: Just a thought...
Go read The Space Merchants by Pohl & Kornbluth some time. Written in 1952. Pohl actually joined an ad agency as research for the novel. As the Wikipedia article says:
"... businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge trans-national corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and by far the best-paid profession. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that the quality of life is improved by all the products placed on the market. Some of the products contain addictive substances designed to make consumers dependent on them."
To say that Pohl's opinion of Advertising was low severely understates the case.
"You can't trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
