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Worse, brands pose as people. Nike/Gucci/Coke are in your extended Dunbar set. So they also crowd out acquaintances and friends of friends.
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Ads aren’t just noise and visual pollution. They’re also semiotic pollution. Every meaningless brand crowds out a budding -logy or -ism.
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I also don't feel it (introspectively), but by first principles it ought to be true. (Right?)
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Every minute you spend discussing a Pepsi ad with a friend is a minute you don't spend gossiping about mutual acquaintances.
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Hm, yeah. Not sure my point is valid beyond "ads = invasive memes." Re discussing ads: IIRC the internet went nuts over a Pepsi ad recently.
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Q: Would you say celebrities/politicians/athletes/etc. are in one's extended Dunbar set?
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cool. and thanks for the great discussion!
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That's a good thing. Memewreck the damm ideological purists. This reply tweet sponsored by taboola
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Crowding out -isms may be good, crowding out -logies bad, crowding them out with hedonic treadmill memes definitely cure worse than disease.
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We will defeat communism, one BigMac at a time.
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