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Forwarded with permission ... ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Steven, That "virtual community" called Google has spoken! Year-End Google Zeitgeist Search Patterns, Trends and Surprises http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html This contains many "clues" to the symbolism of popular culture. While idiotic pundits anoint their "best of the year" selections, what better "oracle" of popular taste than the world's leading search engine? As McLuhan once said the living room (and by implication the choice of TV program in the living room) is the new voting booth. Clicks on the remote equal "votes." Now, the computer room has become the new voting booth and clicks on the computer equal votes. So much more accurate than Gallup Polls and marketing surveys. Here are the real "leaders" of culture ... selected by millions (billions) of clicks throughout the year (rather than punching a few holes behind curtains and producing "chads" every two or four years). As Jung said in Mysterium Coniunctionis "All the true things must change and only that which changes remains true." Here a snapshot of this changing "truth" in that watershed year 2001. Best to you over the holidays. John Fraim, President Symbolism.Org http://symbolism.org/ PS ... wonder how search trends relate to low email acceptance in Washington? ... new political parties could/should be put together from above research really. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
