The World of Advertising for my Dad

Being in critical thinking has really opened my eyes to the world of advertisement and how companies like to mess with our psyche to make us think we need their product.  Advertising has become something very underhanded.  Marketers prey on our fears and our desires and I wholly believe that it is advertisers that control society today. 

Just today I was talking with my Dad about getting him  a new phone since his malfunctions a lot.  It never seems to work when we need it to.  He wanted to get something like the Samsung galaxy note 4 phone and when I asked him why, he came up with the reasons behind his wants.

His main reason was because he wanted to be able to write things down with his stylus, which I found to be an absolutely ridiculous reason.  I told him that he could write things down in his phone by typing it into the memo or reminders, or his calendar, but he really felt the need to use a stylus and quote on quote "notepad"--the phone itself. 

I know that my Dad is forgetful and having a phone with a stylus and notepad is not going to make him any better at remembering to do things.  However, the company has sold this idea so well that a person who has this phone will be organized, that my Dad has fallen into the consumer trap. 

We will see what new phone he ends up getting by JUNE.