You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: My Review for Phishing for Phools - The Economics of Manipulation and Deception [Animated]

in #science7 years ago

We'd like to think we are sophisticated in our choices and influences, but it all breaks down to very simple urges and primal needs.

I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing this.

I've always viewed marketing and advertising as a somewhat sinister enterprise, where they use our weaknesses against us.

You bring up a good point - educating ourselves about biases and inherent flaws help us to eventually overcome or at the very least contain them.