The Intolerance of Understanding

Let’s say that at some point in the next week, we discovered how to travel back in time. Let’s say we bring our smartphones with us to show the old world.

How would we explain them?

Protecting Ourselves from Sense



Asheley Landrum recently wrote an article about the bullshit of bullshit. In it, she critiques studies about bullshit as being bullshit themselves, because of the authors’ predisposition toward information that supports said bullshit effect.

Just Chill Out, Man

There is an idea in digital strategy that those who are prepared to ‘like’ or ‘follow’ brands on social media are just as enthusiastic to talk to them; to have a two-way conversation – as it is commonly described – wherein consumers are ready and willing to listen and respond to what brands are saying.

Comforting as this idea is for businesses that build themselves around social media marketing, it’s a huge stretch.