Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Utopia Now - #2

Duration: 10:59 minutes
Upload Time: 2007-02-09 12:25:08

The second in a series of videos on politics, economics, the environment, policy and good governance. This episode deals with advertising and the idea of personal responsibility. If you're interested in what I have to say please make comments or subscribe.

Comments

JewManCrew  2007-10-13 02:41:25

I am in eighth grade and im slowly watching your videos. In my English class we have socratic seminars (aka debates or discussions) on all sorts of things and just a few days ago we discussed branding and how its been affecting all of the world. I cant wait for you to release the next Utopia Now video. Also i cant find the turning a woman into a model video. If you still have the link i would greatly appreciate it if you could send it to me.
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adventurenox  2007-06-14 09:05:48

Part 2 An education program is a good idea but we can't forget that there are members of our society with weak intellects who, regardless of their education, just won't be able to protect themselves. Also, for each person to protect themselves from something so pervasive is terribly inefficient.
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adventurenox  2007-06-14 09:05:29

While I respect the sentiment I can't agree with your idea as a policy. We both seem to recognize that manipulative advertising does us harm, and it's my opinion that the whole point of an organized society is to protect ourselves collectively from harm.
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adventurenox  2007-06-14 08:58:36

Thanks.
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wulf8121  2007-04-24 14:44:07

I once took a propaganda course in fifth grade and a large portion of the class was devoted to the advertising industry. Maybe similar propaganda classes should be required in schools since it certainty is practical to talk about in cases like Nazi Germany. I do like your idea of promoting commercial free TV on online stores such as itunes.
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