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Sure you can. Pretty sure I could do it with most any part of my body. Instead of being a metaphor repetition device try saying what you think straightforwardl
by jasonwatkinspdx 13y ago
Sure you can. Pretty sure I could do it with most any part of my body.
Instead of being a metaphor repetition device try saying what you think straightforwardly. It goes more interesting places.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoActually it tends not to go to such interesting places. "Nudge" refers to a concept in mainstream political science that minor behavioural-economics inspired changes can have a more powerful affect than draconian laws. The Bernays quote is a sort of tin-foil hat extension of that idea, that someone somewhere is so all powerful they can influence the masses to do what they the person wants. Total crap. if the slope of economic self interest is downhill, all the nudging and the clever manipulation of people's perception will not get the rock of humanity to move up the hill. Idiots like Bernays who think the crowd cannot be left to itself because it might hurt itself with scissors, think that small PR related nudges can guide great decisions. Which is probably true if all you are doing is selling washing powder, or have selective confirmation bias.
- jasonwatkinspdx 13y agoI know the book (actually I think it's on the table behind me in a stack as I type) but I didn't catch that reference from what you posted.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoI'm pretty sure nudge is not a Bernays reference (could be wrong). It's, well I am not too sure, but likely out of Chicago School of economics. As for rocks going up hill, old old books, bloke called Sisyphus.