It's sort of the opposite of 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.'
The guy indeed was behind the "Torches of Freedom" campaign. And was indeed an influential person. Would it have happened without him? Most likely. But he did do the things. Is History driven by personalities? By structures? Big debate there. Nonetheless, Bernays' story is not bunk.
A lot of morons think AI is useless, too, but in that case there is nothing to sell to them.
This is a great slogan haha.
You'd be surprised. Tiger parenting is definitely a thing. That the technology validates this mindset only adds more fuel to the fire.
-George Carlin
My dad worked a lot of different jobs at the same company before he retired a few years ago. I know at some point one of his jobs had "logistics" in the title. I only ever had a vague notion of what his job entailed. Unless the job title is obvious, like "plumber", I wouldn't expect this woman to know what the hell her dad does.
orionblastar•7mo ago