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Jun 3, 2016
When you search for shoes or a hotel online, Google is watching you. But so are armies of marketers, psychologists and neurologists. They want to know why you chose what you chose. A new book parses what we know about the science of personal preferences.

Russell Brand on How Capitalism Silences the Inherent Human Desire for Fairness

Oct 14, 2014
"I know, I know. I’m rich, I’m famous, I have money, I have had private security on and off for years," comedian Russell Brand acknowledges in a recent article for The Guardian as he discusses the need to abolish the guard labor that protects the rich. However, he goes on to concede, "There is no doubt that I as much as anyone have to change. Revolution is change."

The Spectacle of IS: Resisting Mainstream Workstations of Fear

Oct 2, 2014
The use of new digital technologies and social media by Islamic State has drawn a great deal of attention by the dominant media not only because the extremists have used them as a form of visual terrorism to graphically portray the beheadings of captured American and British civilians, but also because of its alleged sophistication as a marketing tool.

Google Caught Tracking Apple Users

Feb 18, 2012
Sneaky, sneaky Google. The online search giant did an end run around Apple's proprietary Web browser by jacking Safari's privacy settings so that the Internet travels of iPhone and computer users could be followed for marketing purposes without their knowledge.

Target Knows Your Secrets

Feb 17, 2012
Decades of neuropsychology research have given Target the ability to predict customers’ shopping habits with increasing precision. The company’s statistical team can even tell when shoppers are likely to be in their second trimester of pregnancy. Combined with aggressive marketing tactics, such powers promise to add millions to its already swollen revenues.