tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374691808292855765.post1311046671699816325..comments2023-07-19T12:57:11.504+01:00Comments on PonderBoxes: Me, Myself and I?PonderBoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462571477438482147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374691808292855765.post-26283870468946417442010-08-11T14:31:12.139+01:002010-08-11T14:31:12.139+01:00I agree with your comment that "Advertisers a...I agree with your comment that "Advertisers and branders have ruthlessly exploited and reconstructed identities, turning the consumer into a blank canvass." but I'm not sure how that makes us more complicated. <br /><br />Surely the problem with the huge consumerist culture that we have created seems to be the dumming down of the consumer with identities being mass produced on the conveyor belts of big?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374691808292855765.post-12401296834046852092010-08-11T10:42:48.045+01:002010-08-11T10:42:48.045+01:00Sorry but I must say that this post is rather gene...Sorry but I must say that this post is rather generic and unfocused.<br /><br />I don't see a huge difference between the cliché of a hippie ordering carrot smoothie and the usual boring attack to consumerism, brands, etc. I'd like to answer your questions though:<br /><br />1) Yes, we are confused about who we are.<br />2) Yes, we should be so complicated.<br /><br />I believe complexity has developed in men from the beginning of time, way before language, work and then "market" even existed.<br />Were it not like that, we would have been happy of merely satisfying our most basic needs.<br /><br />Humans are complex and we'll never know who we are unless we take into account psychology, history, social background, science of sleep, functioning of brain, etc. <br /><br />And still, even though we had exact explanations for all of the above, I doubt we would be able to speculate within our own individual self.<br />That’s not simplistic, because we are not and deserve not to be so.<br /><br />DarioDarionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374691808292855765.post-23370995154870680452010-08-11T01:32:14.671+01:002010-08-11T01:32:14.671+01:00Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas carpe diem quam ...Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas carpe diem quam minimum credula posteroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com