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Advertising on Planet Vulcan

How our fixation on data is killing creativity on Earth

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There seems to be more similarity these days between Vulcan and Earth as far as approach to advertising goes.Getty Images
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By Brian McPherson

May 16, 2019

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Vulcan advertising: You can imagine what it would be like.

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Brian McPherson

Brian McPherson is managing partner at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco.

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