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‎what color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... the chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human world of fashion. taken as a whole, what are fads but the response of a hive mind to its own reflection? in a 21st-century society wired into instantaneous networks, marketing is the mirror; the collective consumer is the chameleon.
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‎what Color Is A Chameleon Placed On

Kevin Kelly
‎what color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... the chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human world of fashion. taken as a whole, what are fads but the response of a hive mind to its own reflection? in a 21st-century society wired into instantaneous networks, marketing is the mirror; the collective consumer is the chameleon.
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