When marketers and promoters developed media campaigns, marketing gimmicks, subtle sales and print marketing just over 100 years ago … it make some wealthy people even more wealthy. It also dawned a new age of Propaganda which morphed into what they call ‘Public Relations’ and modern day communications. All of it meant that governments, corporations, businesses and political entities and owners could use the media and every media format to subtly guide and manage the global population to buy certain things, think certain ways, believe certain things and basically control the population as best they could to get everyone to side with the things they wanted them to believe. It was always difficult because its not that easy to market to someone for decades before they eventually figure out what is happening … for most people anyway … as some are more likely to figure it out than others.
Now that we will be able to generate realistic looking images, voices and sounds of anyone and even create entirely new characters out of thin air … everyone’s grasp of reality is about to become unhinged.
Our owners took the wheels of communications 100 years ago to use it all to their advantage to shape the world around them and get everyone to buy certain things, believe certain things and bring down any kind of opposition thought or processes that would impact their wealth in any way.
We’re at those crossroads again. And judging by our human track record so far … it won’t be for the betterment of all humanity … it will be for the betterment and control of a small subset of humanity, at the cost of everyone else.
Yeah … we’re screwed
When marketers and promoters developed media campaigns, marketing gimmicks, subtle sales and print marketing just over 100 years ago … it make some wealthy people even more wealthy. It also dawned a new age of Propaganda which morphed into what they call ‘Public Relations’ and modern day communications. All of it meant that governments, corporations, businesses and political entities and owners could use the media and every media format to subtly guide and manage the global population to buy certain things, think certain ways, believe certain things and basically control the population as best they could to get everyone to side with the things they wanted them to believe. It was always difficult because its not that easy to market to someone for decades before they eventually figure out what is happening … for most people anyway … as some are more likely to figure it out than others.
Now that we will be able to generate realistic looking images, voices and sounds of anyone and even create entirely new characters out of thin air … everyone’s grasp of reality is about to become unhinged.
Our owners took the wheels of communications 100 years ago to use it all to their advantage to shape the world around them and get everyone to buy certain things, believe certain things and bring down any kind of opposition thought or processes that would impact their wealth in any way.
We’re at those crossroads again. And judging by our human track record so far … it won’t be for the betterment of all humanity … it will be for the betterment and control of a small subset of humanity, at the cost of everyone else.
arguably the sophists in 500 BCE were the first marketers / pr managers.