Yep! Eat my Wheaties every morning. [sign me] Of The Silent Generation
Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 9:21 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard On 02/04/2015 04:18 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Love this tweet: I'm really glad Google is so performance based in its product strategy. It's a far cry from wasteful and obsolete old school practices that pour lots of resources into a narrow channel, artificially maintaining zombie products. It seems akin to evolution, actually. "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." It also seems to reflect a new sense of the C2B relationship. The rejection of brand loyalty was a hallmark of GenX. Then the millenials made it fundamental to their ethos, even defining character by it. (Anyone wearing, say, a Coca-Cola branded product must be a tool... unless the irony is obvious... like a tattooed stick-boy wearing a CAT cap.) These days, anyone who openly or obviously _relies_ on a corporate product is (culturally, at least) an anachronism. This is the heart of the reactionary criticism of, say, Occupy protesters relying so much on Apple products. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella I spend 'em as fast as they come ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
