I literally said, “That is *awesome*” out loud to myself when I saw this.

Cultural hegemony is the philosophic and sociological theory, by the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, that a culturally diverse society can be dominated (ruled) by one social class, by manipulating the societal culture (beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values) so that its ruling-class worldview is imposed as the societal norm, which then is perceived as a universally valid ideology and status quo beneficial to all of society, whilst benefiting only the ruling class.

All I can think of is…how much money did this thing cost…? Reminds me of the Halo Reach campaign using a robotic arm, which leads me to…

I have decided that my next idea will contain a robotic arm.

The Minority Report has finally come true.

Cool idea from R/GA. Simple, fun and relevant.

Almost 50 years ago Ernest Dichter, the father of motivation research, did a large study of word of mouth persuasion that revealed secrets of how to use social media to build brands and businesses. The study was reported in a 1966 article in HBR.

A major Dichter finding, very relevant today, was the identification of four motivations for a person to communicate about brands. The first (about 33% of the cases) is because of product-involvement. The experience is so novel and pleasurable that it must be shared. The second (about 24%) is self-involvement. Sharing knowledge or opinions is a way to gain attention, show connoisseurship, feel like a pioneer, have inside information, seek confirmation of a person’s own judgment, or assert superiority. The third (around 20%) is other-involvement. The speaker wants to reach out and help to express neighborliness, caring, and friendship. The fourth (around 20%) is message-involvement. The message is so humorous or informative that it deserves sharing.

What would Facebook and Twitter look like in real life?

Google’s version of the Facebook Like button. However, this might be even more useful than the Like button as it will provide social recommendations when you’re looking for something vs. when your friend is looking at something. However, Facebook Liking does carry with it the lovely feature of serendipitous discovery.

I guess that’s the main difference, would you rather have social recommendations when you’re already looking for something? Or would you rather stumble on them when your friends choose to share them?

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