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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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.
Q: Would you say celebrities/politicians/athletes/etc. are in one's extended Dunbar set?
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... thinking further, I wonder what constrains the size of our social circles. I wouldn't be surprised if it was discussion bandwidth.
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Which would imply it doesn't matter that brands pose as people, only that they take up mindshare / are "invasive memes."
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