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@grzm If you advertise at Macy's certain people will not see the ad. They may not know the product even exists. That's what I meant by ostensibly invisible. T

@grzm If you advertise at Macy's certain people will not see the ad. They may not know the product even exists. That's what I meant by ostensibly invisible. To your larger point. I'm having a hard time understanding where the line is in removing this type of freedom to advertise the way companies want to because of the affects it might have. I'm going to have to bow out of this because I haven't made up my mind. I am certainly enjoying the conversation though.

grzm 9y ago
But anyone going to Macy's can see the ad. Please do read some Tufekci. She does a much better job describing this than I do (unsurprising, given she's studied it extensively), and I hesitate from regurgitating her here wholesale. She did a podcast with Sam Harris that I found illuminating, if you prefer that format. https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/persuasion-and-control https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/persuasion-and-contro...