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An arising of thoughts on copywriting, poetry, advertising, design, language and culture.
By Nick Asbury · Launched a year ago
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Try to see it my way
On advertising, persuasion and the lost skill of cognitive empathy
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War and Purpose
On the business response to the war in Ukraine, the blank map of purpose, the ethics of sanctions, and the limits of conscious consumerism.
Apr 5
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Don’t follow conversation leaders
On Innocent, Walkers, the IPA, social media, the New York Times, cancel culture, and conversation as an alternative to war.
Mar 22
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Start with why, end with wire fraud
On Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, Noble Cause Corruption, why 'starting with why' is a charter for corporate self-delusion, and the importance of saying…
Jan 24
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A decade of disappointments
On toxic positivity, the negative path to happiness, context-dependent optimism, and the lifecycle of a creative project.
Nov 24, 2021
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Hmmm, Danone
On the latest twist in the Purpose story – and why everyone ignored the most interesting thing about it.
Oct 25, 2021
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The opposite of school
On a word that has radically changed life in our household: ‘unschooling’.
Oct 7, 2021
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Five critical patch updates for the English language
In which I identify five vulnerabilities that keep causing conversations to crash.
Sep 16, 2021
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