Posts Tagged ‘Charles Darwin’
Homo Economicus
October 14th, 2009 by lifeproof
This is not a new term, it is almost as old as Darwin‘s evolution theory and even older than Veblen‘s theory of the leisure class. The term just popped into my mind last night walking down the street thinking about survival of the fittest in the urban jungle and that “fitness” does not have to [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Charles Darwin, consumerism, Darwin, dasein, economy, evolution, homo economicus, John Stuart Mill, Michel Foucault, phenomenology, primacy of economics, rags to riches, the medium is the message, theory of the leisure class, Thorsten Veblen, urban jungle
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
Marketing: Creation of Reality
July 19th, 2009 by lifeproof
Marketing is well-known for its manipulation–it is also affiliated to and compared with public relations, perception management and propaganda. Here, you can see a marketing agency ad, which depicts how important and significant marketing is: without marketing there was no Lumiere, Darwin or Graham Bell. Their motto is “good marketing makes all the difference.” And [...]
Tags: adsoftheworld, advertising, Charles Darwin, Graham Bell, Lumiere Brothers, manipulation, marketing, perception management, propaganda, public relations
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Survival of the Fittest
February 13th, 2009 by lifeproof
This famous phrase by Herbert Spencer and after him Charles Darwin has always been interpreted as the survival of the stronger, more consolidated, faster, bigger, richer, and such in comparison to the others. Let me clarify the century long misunderstanding for you people so this invisible motivator of competitive economics may be unveiled to save [...]
Tags: Charles Darwin, cockroach, Evolution Theory, Herbert Spencer, square peg for a round hole, survival of the fittest
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint