How ‘Bacon and Eggs’ Became the American Breakfast

Re:How ‘Bacon and Eggs’ Became the American Breakfast by bishun on Friday September 27, 2013 @01:11PM (#6458084)

For those inclined to investigate the affects of psychology [theory] on modern society, and how it has been adapted both commercially and by government, I suggest checking out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self

Edward Louis Bernays was related to Sigmund Freud. This relationship and more is expounded upon in the above documentary, which is definitely worth watching (imho).

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Re:How ‘Bacon and Eggs’ Became the American Breakfast by diydsp on Friday September 27, 2013 @02:01PM (#6458478)

I second the Century of the Self. Also, a book was published in 2002 on Bernays . I found it extraordinarily interesting. [1]

When Bernays was hired to get more books sold, he persuaded architects to design houses with bookshelves built into them. on the principle that "nature abhors a vacuum." A slick mofo indeed.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Father-Spin-Bernays-Relations/dp/0...

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Re:How ‘Bacon and Eggs’ Became the American Breakfast by bobbyi_settv on Saturday September 28, 2013 @01:05PM (#6462352)

The documentary is available for free on archive.org: http://archive.org/details/TheCenturyOfTheSelf

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