[ExI] Artificial Battles was Natasha's brand new doctorate

[Mike Dougherty]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:13 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> My proposal for our race: get rid of those artificial battles which are
> physically dangerous: the kinds that involve military anything or any kind
> of physical injury or serious death to anyone.  Keep and nurture the rest of
> them, while inventing new and interesting challenges in which humans and
> corporations may compete, the result of which is excellence for all and
> superiority for some.

Have you never seen an infomercial?  These mind-penetrating jingles
and artificial gotta-have-it responses are masterful exploitation of
psychology and culture.  Sure you may be immune to the want/need for a
hand-puppet attached to a blanket*, but you are caught in the
crossfire when your child becomes infected with this meme.  Even if
you say "No" there are grandparents whose immunity [so strong when you
were a child] failed the moment your own kids arrived.

The marketing environment is producing arguably toxic levels of
competing memes.  I'm horrified and fascinated by where evolution will
take this trend.

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFUwjvYtsU