Re: [projectvrm] Is VRM an Ideologically-inspired Dead-end?

[Chris Savage < >]

Been offline for a couple of days (combination of nontrivial cold plus 
nontrivial day job).

But...

If you are right about that, does it have any implications for what VRM 
can/should do?

Chris S.

On 3/19/2013 8:04 PM, Don Marti wrote:
> begin Chris Savage quotation of Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:02:45AM -0400:
>
> > (3) Vendors can induce people to buy stuff via what they learn from
> > tracking -- maybe even more stuff than the people would buy in the
> > "Gold Standard" scenario -- and thus make extra money by tracking,
> > even though people are less happy as a result of being (in this
> > case) manipulated into buying crap they don't really need or want.
> I'd have to agree with number three.  People's
> budget-making selves are always pulling tricks on
> their stuff-craving selves to keep the unmindful
> purchasing down.  And sellers are taking sides with
> the stuff-craving self against the rest of the
> individual.