Tuesday, September 18, 2007

century of the self

One of my all time favorite documentaries. Available in its 4-hour entirety on Google Video:
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The cake mix segment is in Part 2. It's part of a really fascinating section about Ernest Dichter's "Institute for Motivational Research," which, based on Freudian principles of unconscious motivations, invented the "focus group." Fast forward to 18:30 and prepare to be creeped out.

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