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Once upon a time I was a regular person. No focus groups studied the food I ate, the clothes I wore or the entertainment I enjoyed. No marketers analyzed my every move. No surveys tracked my spending. No telemarketers called.
I was a kid. And I was left—blessedly—alone.
Marketing was more primitive during my childhood.

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