Retirement Savers Reject ESG
In a clear rejection of Wall Street’s increasing focus on Social Justice and environmental concerns, 68% of New Hampshire voters say professional managers of pension and 401k style plans should focus on “maximizing long-term growth and profit so retirement savers will have enough money to stop w...
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The Department of Stereotypes
A multibillion-dollar company’s primary marketing message is a hurtful stereotype aimed at people like me. The company is Planet Fitness. The stereotype is aimed mostly at very muscular men. Planet Fitness calls me a “Lunk.”One of VCreek’s methodologies is to “use the benign to study and d...
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How Advertising Works: Repetitions, Rhetoric & the System 1 Brain
It’s not the ad customers consciously remember, but the ad their subconscious never forgets that generates the sale. The statement above is a type of ‘antimetabole’—a rhetorical device that the human brain seems almost hard wired to accept. Advertising that works with the brain, leads to sal...
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Why do "non-conformists" all look alike?
Because without a clear signal of non-conformity, there is no clear identity status as a creative, independent-thinking non-conformist.  There are many ways to send a signal.  Think of them like channels.  The free thinker could express truly original ideas verbally, in writing or another medium,...
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