Hi guys,

Some of you probably remember the wonderfull essay by +Orc - "Supermarket enslavement techniques, March 1997".
Obviously since then the things have been moving on very quckly.

Look here:
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/29/sell.html
and here:
http://www.envirosell.com

Nice guys eh...

Greetings!
Maldoror

A very interesting article indeed. Big business will do anything to make a few extra dollars. What the reality reverser needs to do is keep in mind all of the tricks used and try their best not to succumb. Don't buy something because it has pretty packaging, buy something because you need it. If the name brand is truly better than the generic brand (which is rarely the case), then by all means, buy it. Reality cracking/social engineering is a very interesting topic...maybe if we had a board dedicated to it we'd see more posts about it. (hint hint tsehp