January 2010
5 posts
The Legacy Of Polish Poster Design
1967 – “Zwariowana Noc”, Poland 1967. Directed by Zbigniew Kuzminski. via smashingmagazine.com Excellent visuals. Posted via web from instantdan’s posterous | Comment »
How Group Think Rules What We Like
So what about advertising, marketing, and hucksterism? Can you browbeat people into thinking something is popular when it isn’t? To figure that out, Watts and Salganik ran a deliciously devious experiment. They took the song ratings of one group and inverted them so bottom-ranked music was now at the top. Then they gave these rankings to a fresh set of listeners. In essence, they lied to the...
“The Internet hasn’t changed the way we think,” argues neuroscientist Joshua...”
– Begley, “Does the Internet Change How We Think?” (via newsweek) (via helthylife)