Linkpile

• Blogged and Sold: “The more we are sold to — and, believe it, we are being pitched every minute — the more immune we are to it all.” That’s exactly what the marketing industry experts always say. Probably because it’s what they want you to believe it. And why not? It’s certainly easier than thinking.
• The Biking Life: Is It the Fault of Hipsterization or Social Media?: “Biking in the U.S.—much like, for example, shopping at farmer’s markets—constitutes an identity many people want no part of even though it offers an ostensibly healthier and/or saner way to live. You have to become one of “those people”; you enter a peculiar spotlight and invite all sorts of assumptions about what you are like.”
• 31 Unbelievable High School Mascots: Somebody could make a serious business out of this. Via Coudal.
• FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials: “Bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.”
• On the Internet, Everyone’s a Critic But They’re Not Very Critical: Great WSJ piece, if you missed it.
• Mirror Moves: A Review of Rob Walker’s Buying In: Thoughtful writeup on Generation Bubble. I’m amazed to be getting attention for the book of any kind, and cool that it’s actually well done and interesting (for me at least) to read.

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