Exterminators sell absence of scorpions. Trash removal sells absence of trash. But those are things you already had.
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What are the businesses selling you the absence of something you didn’t have?
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You might also see failed market experiments as artifacts that feed new experiments: supplying them with info re: absence of demand. Doesn't have the feel of exactly what you're asking after, though, does it? Are you thinking of absence supplied @ consumer lvl?
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consumer level is what I was thinking but that's an interesting point
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yeah selling an absence by selling absence-foods or social pressure or books or retreats
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a lot of products seem to exist to induce thirst: snacks, alcoholic drinks (which also quench thirst), exercise, strong tasting foods
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ah an appetite is an absence
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Sizzle, as opposed to steak. The metaphor applies to anything which is marketed on the grounds of status, prowess, or comfort.
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Much has been made, of late, of the alleged addition of "virtue" to that mix. I would argue that it's nothing new, except perhaps a shift in domain into the more overtly political.
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