Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Keeping Up

Well, it's a late night, as seems to be the standard and I'm about to go on to bed.  But, thought you, dear reader, would appreciate a note, before I go.

Here's something I've been thinking about a bit, the statement: "The unconscious dream of corporate America."  What do you think of as the answer to that statement?  I'm really interested in your answers.  I have an answer that I'm formulating in my mind as yet. I'll write it as a comment to this post in a few days. Don't expect anything grand or ultra-perceptive. (c:

3 comments:

ShackelMom said...

I would say the unconscious dream of corporate America is to have the attention of every person on the globe for long enough to pitch whatever it is they are selling, and part of the dream would to be to have the a pitch which no one could resist.

But maybe that is to conscious dream...

Luke said...

Well Peter, I can't say that I quite agree with you as the idea works just fine in my mind. When I say "unconscious dream" i mean that they do not realize that it is their goal for the future. Goal even is too focused of a word.

What does the future look like which is what the current corporate america is headed towards and would consider perfection (though probably doesn't realize, thus.. unconscious). Maybe "subconscious" would be a better word.

If corporate america had it's way totally, what would be the perfect future that would be formed? Perfect from the perspective of Corporate America, that is.

Luke said...

I was writing a number of paragraphs about the "unconscious corporate dream of america" and I just stopped and thought, "Maybe the better way to go at this idea is to look at what we have today and label those things which aren't part of what I think the dream is. I think we're rather close to the ideal projected into reality (with the flaws of reality) now, actually. The few incredible inovators who succeed, the larger group of professional business people who know how to work the masses of average people who are wanting and buying to keep up (or slightly ahead) of their peers. I really want to say mindless masses. That's a bit harsh though. (c: