Saturday, April 16, 2011

Public/Private

Ads on School Buses: Good idea or bad?
via The New York Times

(Personally, I'm just impressed that they've now found a way to make school buses even UGLIER.)

Working at a public library, I wonder if it's only matter of time until we jump on the advert bandwagon too, printing advertisements on the bottom of receipts, having every book sponsored by a store . . . I'm all for making money if you need it, but there's something disconcerting about the prospect of the world turning into a giant Nascar suit.  Kind of makes me think of the abandoned Earth in Wall-E, where every surface was branded and labeled.  Just a tad scary.

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