You have to watch this video!

I recommend this video to your attention: Neuromarketing: How Companies Hack Your Brain. I'm quoting a few comments people have posted about the video on YouTube. 

@BloodFire84: 

"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. And the things you own, end up owning you." — Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

@100perdido: 

Since most of us grew up with captalism and marketing we don't see the insanity of the system. The least we could do for each other is to leave people's minds alone and let them decide what they do or don't want. Then, society would produce the goods and services people really want instead of what they are persuaded to want.

@gothakane: 

Note, this was produced in 2012 but uploaded to YouTube in 2020. At the time of writing, its 2021. What sort of insidious marketing could have been devised in that time period in addition...

@Joy-ne8sj: 

When my kids were little I used to take them to McDonald's as a "treat", like when they got a vaccination, or a good grade. Most of the time they didn't ask. All this time I was helping to condition them.

@XavierOrtega2: 

"I say no ALL the time!" camera shows table full of Happy Meal toys

@jwh0122: 

• 9:43 importance of toys for McDonald's     
• 19:44 McDonald's use specific fragrance in the cleaning products in the stores
• 20:58 smell can bypass rational parts of the brain & reach directly to emotional parts

@ChickVicious237: I started learning about data science and analysis, I was alarmed at how casually the (increasingly sneaky) marketing tactics are discussed. The only concern is how effective and profitable the systems are. A/B testing is of particular concern, practices of tracking people's behavior without their knowledge or consent. If you pay attention you'll notice patterns in the ads and commercials you see, it's not coincidence.

@Flagship_14: 

Your mind is a computer, make sure you're the one programming it

@skinsultanl4557:

Thanks for the all information,i knew a bit but this video helped me a lot..I absolutely agree with all of these facts

@orlandodizon4755:

I think it is okay to use to use psychology to market products. I do not think it is okay to use psychology to condition people, especially young children, into Pavlovian consumers of products like fast food and soda. Fast food is harmful to health. Unhealthy people are also the most vulnerable to big Pharma tactics.

@avocadowisdom8785:

Love these documentaries!! Love how I've been manipulated since when I was a kid. Love the game of life!

@brittnyy113:

Fascinating documentary! And very eye-opening! As someone who also majored in marketing in college, and now a mother myself, I found this documentary very informative. This is what fascinates me about the work of marketing. The manipulation.... er, I mean, psychology of it all, and how gullible we all are, though we are all so confident that we are not!

@hjx3750:

Most marketing targets kids and Social Media is the worse. This problem runs DEEP.

@lionz05:

'it's also the responsibility for consumers to know what companies are doing.' How can the consumer know anything when companies are so secretive with these types of marketing practices. I spent years in the corporate world and from my experience when the choice is between making money and doing the right ethical thing...money always wins. This is another example of the marriage between science and big business.