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nice article though there is a very thin line between revealing the demand and creating demand ... just like inventing a PC (as author said) - before PC was inv
by ideas101 19y ago
nice article though there is a very thin line between revealing the demand and creating demand ... just like inventing a PC (as author said) - before PC was invented the work was still going on w/o any problem, it was just taking little bit longer to finish .... so anything that saves time or money or energy (or all) will create demand automatically. Most of the time it is said that create/produce/develop something that people want it but sometime people dont even know that they need something (say computer). So when you create something that even people don't know that they need it then you're surely hitting a jackpot or you will fail terribly.
But sometime there are companies which just creates demand even though there is no need - for example soft drinks, alcohol, cigarette, most of the cosmetic products etc. There are solid arguments available that human being doesn't require these things but still multinational companies has created it to fill their pockets... but it doesn't do any good to human civilization. then is it even worth to create that kind of demands ??????
- pchristensen 19y agoNeed/require is so misleading. People just want to feel good more and feel bad less. So: -soft drinks taste good and the sugar/caffeine boost is nice (the low comes later so it's not as obviously associated) -alcohol is relaxing and loosens inhibitions, so it gives you something that normally takes a lot of willpower. If you're addicted (cigs too), it also relieves the withdrawal symptoms -cosmetics make you prettier, which makes people pay more and better attention to you, which makes you feel happy. In short, these products match up to psychological characteristics of people in general. The fact that these are multi-bajillion dollar industries shows that these psychological characteristics are in a whole lot of people.