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Re:How the Mad Men Lost the Plot by jkyle on Friday November 13, 2015 @01:22PM (#10561385)
Considering the world's greatest talent seems to go to either Finance or Selling Ads, I'm not sure the death of advertising is nigh. Though the nature of advertising is certainly changing.
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Re:How the Mad Men Lost the Plot by smacktoward on Friday November 13, 2015 @02:37PM (#10561928)
On the other hand, a Ph.D. wouldn't have helped King Canute turn back the tide...
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Re:How the Mad Men Lost the Plot by david-given on Friday November 13, 2015 @04:09PM (#10562405)
On the gripping hand, Canute knew full well that he couldn't turn back the tide --- he was demonstrating to his courtiers that even kings had limits; not all orders are obeyable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_waves

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