12-03-2021, 09:10 AM
“It’s like drinking and smoking, the evidence that they cause many disorders is indisputable but we, as individuals, decide whether to smoke or drink. That’s how it should be.”
Just as a little excursion off-piste, I’ve heard this argument thousands of times but its bogus. We don’t decide at all. I’ve spent thirty years in design studios where you have very talented people, on really big salaries spending their whole careers making us eat, drink and smoke what they want us to. Its not us as an individual choosing that bottle of vodka, its us as an individual against a £5/10m marketing budget.
Just as a little excursion off-piste, I’ve heard this argument thousands of times but its bogus. We don’t decide at all. I’ve spent thirty years in design studios where you have very talented people, on really big salaries spending their whole careers making us eat, drink and smoke what they want us to. Its not us as an individual choosing that bottle of vodka, its us as an individual against a £5/10m marketing budget.