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Francesco
Community — Real Life
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Everyone wants community but no one wants to build it
Wish I read this sooner!
Non-Coercive Marketing: A Primer
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In 1999, California legislature issued a one million-dollar emergency grant to UC Davis’s MIND Institute to investigate the 273 percent rise in autism in the state from 1987 to 1999. The resulting 70-page report stated that the rise was not due to “loosening in criteria’’ or “misclassification,” and that most autistic children “did not have a... See more
The Story of Autism: How We Got Here, How We Heal
Debunking the myth that enlightenment means never comparing yourself to others; true wisdom involves acknowledging transitory human emotions
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So the first myth is that there's some level of wisdom or enlightenment or success that you stop comparing yourself to others. There is no evidence of that. In fact, I find it very amusing how much like pop spirituality and pop self-help, when you actually look at what they idealize, it's basically just being a psychopath. Yeah. They're peddling
... See morenever thought to describe the fact that pop spirituality was indeed asking people to act like psychopaths
🚨 Be wary of the “marketing gurus” and entrepreneur influencers telling you how to grow online… but staying silent about the US government policies being pushed right now that directly impact your freedom of speech and expression on these platforms.
If someone is teaching you “visibility strategies” without naming the... See more
Natalie Brite | DoGoodBizsubstack.com“Your marketing doesn’t exist in a vacuum… it exists inside a political landscape that shapes who gets heard, what gets seen, and what gets erased.“
In the beginning there was the Internet, and the marketers did proclaim, "behold, a vast and untapped opportunity to creat customers". And those that came first built things, and were proud. "Look at the things we built, like advertising platforms and product analytics, and look at what we can measure"! And these people, rich from their forays into... See more
Do marketers make the internet a worse place? Specifically digital and social media marketers
Cruel optimism, social media and big tech
In the beginning there was the internet.
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
– Joseph Campbell
It’s hard to break away when everyone else is going in one direction.