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Are Palestinians an “Invented People”? And Israel, how was it created? I received a developed feedback from a reader, probably from a collection of posts on Palestine, and I decided to publish it, with minor editing.   “The name “Palestine” has been around for a long time. “Peleset” is transliterated from Egyptian hieroglyphics “P-l-s-t”. Palestine is found [...]

Recklessly abused your ears: And suffering from “Acouphenes”? What they share? Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend (the Who guitarist), Barbara Streisand…all suffer greatly from hearing noises, an irreversible ailment called “Acouphenes” in French. Okay, all these musicians and singers attended countless extremely loud concerts, as loud as jet taking-off at 130 dB, and they spent [...]

Anthropologists poking at Capitalism? With the Four-Field Manifesto? Anthropology documents human possibility, and demonstrates that the “way things are” is not the way things must be. Anthropologists do not need to support market-capitalism at any costs:  This prevalent need to believe capitalist fairy tales of power and allure. What kinds of fairy tales that capitalists dump on us?   [...]

How powerful are consumers? Demonstration in a few examples

Posted by: adonis49 on: February 28, 2012

How powerful are consumers? Demonstration in a few examples I have watched recently documentaries on the power of consumers in action and a book of interviews with famous brand designers. There are two professors at Berkeley, and they form a team to coming to the rescue of engaged consumers who want safe and healthy products…One [...]

A new Constitution for Syrians: 58% of eligible voters participated and 89% of them said YES The Constitution the Syrian were invited to vote on in this referendum is a “heavy book” of about 80 pages, and very comprehensive. Many clauses target the workers rights, syndicates, rights for education, for health care…and many wishes that [...]

Hot posts this week Feb. 26/2012

Posted by: adonis49 on: February 27, 2012

Hot posts this week Feb. 26/ 2012 After all “Who is a credible designer”? What of consumerism, power of consumers…? Any benefits when you let consumers lead? “You buy into the experience first, then the product…”: Stanley Hainsworth Any direct connections between slavery and capitalism? Israel cannot say NO to any US administration…but insists on giving the illusion of [...]

After all “Who is a credible designer”?

Posted by: adonis49 on: February 27, 2012

After all “Who is a credible designer”? I have read the interviews of about renown 22 designers of brands and products, and almost all of them said: “A brand is a story, best if the story is telling an archetype mythical story that people are familiar with…” “A brand is a promise, and experience…” “A [...]

What of consumerism, power of consumers…? Any benefits when you let consumers lead? “Consumerism” was a term created in the 60′s to mean a movement for protecting consumers and pressuring companies to caring for the safety and health of consumers in their products. Currently, ”Consumerism” connote over-consumption, the frenzy with which people keep buying things that [...]

“You buy into the experience first, then the product…” : Stanley Hainsworth Stanley Hainsworth said in an interview with debbie Millman: ” Emotional connection is a repeated, reliable satisfaction of consumers wants, desires, or needs. Best brands work on the unconscious need: As the brand offers a little bit of higher performance fun, a connection [...]

Any direct connections between slavery and capitalism?

Posted by: adonis49 on: February 25, 2012

Any direct connections between slavery and capitalism? How Slavery Led to Modern Capitalism? A slave being auctioned, 1861. Source: Sketch by Thomas R. Davis, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division The story told about slavery is that it is almost always regional.  Wrong. It is an inherent US national story. The story goes that [...]


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