Mimetic Theory and Awareness
I’m not making an argument for or against awareness campaigns in general, though some of the links below are. Very likely, awareness campaigns have funneled money that would not otherwise have been spent this way towards better patient care, more humane animal treatment, appropriate diagnostic tests for people who need them but can’t afford them, and research towards prevention, better treatment, a cure, some kind of useful solution or mitigation for the issue of concern, whatever it is. Some have probably, at least in their early days, made people more aware of diseases and social and environmental problems than they … Continue reading Mimetic Theory and Awareness