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walkitoutFrom p 171 of John Freeman's _Tyranny of E-mail_, a quote from Nancy F. Koehn, who really ought to be smarter than this, but then again, maybe when I slam the faculty at Harvard I am not actually exaggerating.
"It's not like you go onto Amazon and think, 'I'm a little depressed. I'll go onto this site and get transported." And yet that is _precisely_ what I do. Frequently. To the tune of a whole lot of money. Week in and week out. At all hours of the day (altho I do sleep quite regularly from midnight to 8ish and do not surf during those hours).
Freeman follows up: "But it is exactly this instinct that pulls us into a beckoning bookstore.
If Koehn "studies consumer habits" and gets this wrong, I feel sorry for any corporate schmuck who listens to her advice. Looks like you can book her in person if you want to hear this foolishness live:
http://www.athletepromotions.com/celebrity/Nancy-f-Koehn-appearance-booking-agent.php
Wow.
"It's not like you go onto Amazon and think, 'I'm a little depressed. I'll go onto this site and get transported." And yet that is _precisely_ what I do. Frequently. To the tune of a whole lot of money. Week in and week out. At all hours of the day (altho I do sleep quite regularly from midnight to 8ish and do not surf during those hours).
Freeman follows up: "But it is exactly this instinct that pulls us into a beckoning bookstore.
If Koehn "studies consumer habits" and gets this wrong, I feel sorry for any corporate schmuck who listens to her advice. Looks like you can book her in person if you want to hear this foolishness live:
http://www.athletepromotions.com/celebrity/Nancy-f-Koehn-appearance-booking-agent.php
Wow.