Advertising Poem: Isn't it funny? Why is it?
The Advertising Poem that advertisers cite today dates from 1923 or earlier. It unappreciatedly highlights advertising interactivity. … Read the post Advertising Poem: Isn't it funny? Why is it?
economics of attention
understanding the economics of time and attention, which are the ultimate scarce goods
Dogon paternity study: high-tech genetics, shallow anthropology
A Dogon paternity, Strassmann et al (2012), provides good insight into false biological-paternity belief within broader systems of beliefs. … Read the post Dogon paternity study: high-tech genetics, shallow anthropology
early history of textual chapters
Division of texts into chapters, with chapter titles and numerical chapter labels, existed in fourth-century Greek texts. … Read the post early history of textual chapters
ancient arguments about the origin of medicine
Ancient arguments over the creation of the heavens and the earth set the pattern for ancient arguments about the origin of medicine. … Read the post ancient arguments about the origin of medicine
the history of paratextual organization
Conceptual study transformed Greek scriptio continua to articulated texts in the 10th-century Islamic world and in 13th-century European scholasticism. … Read the post the history of paratextual organization