Has anyone read 'the circle' yet by David Eggers...seems relevant. Amazon suggested it to me ;-) On Dec 2, 2013 3:32 PM, "Greg Keogh" <g...@mira.net> wrote:
> I'm glad the subject of "1984" finally came up in the context of > advertising. When I read Orwell's book in early high school it had a deep > and lasting influence over me. Even since I have been very sensitive to > propaganda, double-speak, weasel words and varieties of fallacious argument > techniques; and the primary sources of these things are politics and > advertising. So for me: > > Assert.IsTrue(advertising == propaganda); > > Encrypted advertising?! Now there's a challenging idea. Ignorance is > strength. > > Greg K >
