Tomaž P. alienated brand
This blog was written on the say of Tomaž Pandur Funeral, April 17th 2016. Everyone that knew Tomaž was there. I was not. I could have been, for I had nothing important to do on that day. Or not so:… Continue Reading
Meme
Branding, policy making and science
I guess we all want to understand. Some try to understand how computers work. Other seek to understand how to develop policies that would work. Then you have scientists that try to understand universe in the moment of Big Bang and… Continue Reading
The Order of Freedom
I started to write this blog in 2008 couple of months before my first “solo” book was published, How things Emerge (Kako stvari vznikajo) , still available in Slovene language only. It was titled The Order of Emergence. I have… Continue Reading
Subjectivity of the State – the role of the pain.
Animals should have more rights than states. Continue Reading
Is learning hardwired in human brain?
While there are so many proofs that animal and human behaviour is largely hardwired, there still lurks a question of learning. While it is true that we act faster than we think while confronted with certain danger, we still learn… Continue Reading
Ritual, routine and branding
Routine as ritual of industrial society. Continue Reading
Branding with physics and Chinese room
Let me confess, that writing this blog I feel like I would feed Chinese sentences to John Searle sitting in his Chinese room. I know that I should not start a post by a sentence that refers to something that… Continue Reading
No Fake – no Trust!
The debate about fake news does not lose momentum. On the contrary. The concept gained same ideological value as for instance fascism or nazism. Already by calling someone fascist that person is devalued even before any serious discussion about his… Continue Reading
What Is Engagement?
While we know with highest possible certainty what is engagement on biological level, level of nature (gene interaction and replication), it seems that we do not know exactly what are mechanisms on the cultural/memetic level, level of human nurture. I… Continue Reading
Brand ontology (short version)
Observing zillions of Indian brands written partly in one of their languages and writings that I do not understand, something peculiar happened. It became crystal clear that: First Brands live their life on their own. They are objective entities and… Continue Reading