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Re:For $29, This Company Swears It Will ‘Brainwash’ Someone ... by chillacy on Thursday January 24, 2019 @10:20AM (#18989390)
That’s a bit exaggerated but we do know from psychology about the availability heuristic, which is the underpinning of modern advertising.
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Re:For $29, This Company Swears It Will ‘Brainwash’ Someone ... by stingraycharles on Thursday January 24, 2019 @02:53PM (#18992281)
Isn’t this the whole idea of marketing and branding for the 50 or so years before the Internet was a thing ?
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