Re: virus: Now for something completely different -- My Thesis
C.A. Cook (coreycook12@email.msn.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 23:21:53 -0500
Joe E. Dees wrote:
>> I want to create a piece that will act as an immunizing agent against
>> memes. Education would be the primary objective of such a piece. The
>> piece itself should act as a sort of mind virus. One of the main
>> questions that I am concerned with right now is -- what medium would
>> funtion most effectively for such a project? Some things which I have
>> been concidering include -- trading cards, web site, magazine, video.
>> I'm leaning toward designing an interactive magazine.
>It would be interesting to see if you could develop a vehicle that
>would immunize people to the subliminal use of sex in sales pitches.
It is my opinion that the greater part of the power of 'sex in sales' is
that most people don't recognize the attempted programming. Perhaps
if people were more aware of their 'buttons', they would take more
conscious note when they get pushed. Unfortunately, this information
isn't taught at schools, and many people just have no other impartial
sources of knowledge.
Corey