There is a misunderstanding by marketers in our culture about what freedom of choice is. In the market, it is equated with multiplying choice. This is a misconception. If you have infinite choice, people are reduced to passivity.
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Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of the psychic goods we crave, and we know no other way to live.
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Birth: | 1943 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Critic, Novelist, Professor, Sociologist, Writer |
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