Advertising! What’s a civilized person to make of it?
A version of this article appeared in the March–April 1993 issue of Harvard Business Review.
Advertising: “The Poetry of Becoming”
Advertising! What’s a civilized person to make of it? Let’s face it, advertising gets on everybody’s nerves. It intrudes everywhere, invariably and by design. Its job is to get at you, whether you’re ready or not, in the mood or not, especially when you’re off guard and in places you least expect or want it. […]
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