Vid of how Freud's nephew pioneered the core marketing principles we use to this day

[JoseArmando]

Man I'd love to see more high quality documentaries on advertising. So far the best I've seen is this. It's about how what we use in every piece of effective ad copy got developed and exploited by large corporations and governments.

It's amazing

The Century of the self [1/4] Happiness Machines on Vimeo

 

[potentialeight]

Paging dchuk.

 

[seiux]

i made a thread about this doc a while ago - it's the only thing i've ever had to pause multiple times to be like "goddamn, this shit is ridiculous"

edward bernays is one of the biggest badasses to ever live