Comments on: Bunge’s symptoms of truth http://cultureby.com/2008/12/bunges-symptoms-of-truth.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peter spear http://cultureby.com/2008/12/bunges-symptoms-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1112 peter spear Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:22:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=160#comment-1112 i'm not sure what i would want to add to this post, which i love. but this bit is beautiful and leaves me a bit sad. "Dumbing down was something to be feared, after all. But it came not from popular culture, but the intellectuals and academics who appointed themselves our guardians." paradox upon paradox and nothing but the best of intentions.i'm trying to put my finger on sincere wrong-headedness or that these lines remind me of. king midas? i’m not sure what i would want to add to this post, which i love. but this bit is beautiful and leaves me a bit sad.

“Dumbing down was something to be feared, after all. But it came not from popular culture, but the intellectuals and academics who appointed themselves our guardians.”

paradox upon paradox and nothing but the best of intentions.i’m trying to put my finger on sincere wrong-headedness or that these lines remind me of. king midas?

]]> By: Earnest Dodge http://cultureby.com/2008/12/bunges-symptoms-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Earnest Dodge Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:30:17 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=160#comment-1111 All that's left is massive Disneycation. All that’s left is massive Disneycation.

]]> By: Martin Bishop http://cultureby.com/2008/12/bunges-symptoms-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1110 Martin Bishop Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:02:43 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=160#comment-1110 How fascinating! And how similar to the principles we use for brand architecture: Simplicity: Less is more (bias towards fewer brands) Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive Organizational efficiency Drives business, room for growth Culturally sensitive Which, I can assure you, we came up without being (knowingly) influenced by Mr. Bunge. How fascinating! And how similar to the principles we use for brand architecture:

Simplicity: Less is more (bias towards fewer brands)
Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive
Organizational efficiency
Drives business, room for growth
Culturally sensitive

Which, I can assure you, we came up without being (knowingly) influenced by Mr. Bunge.

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