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Susan Linn: The Case for Make Believe

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Susan Linn on Creative Play and Democracy

06 min 49 sec

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Susan Linn, author of The Case for Make Believe, underscores the importance of creative play in a democracy. Without creative play, Linn claims, we may be susceptible to the hype, rote behavior, and gullibility of fascism.

Linn gives the example of marketing toys like the Play-Doh McDonald's hamburger which damage imagination by adhering to the "only one right way to do things" rule.
Susan Linn Vilifies the Cookie Monster & Corporate Play

06 min 02 sec

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Susan Linn champions for "the right to creative play," claiming that today's corporate culture impedes open-ended play with its mindless Tickle Me Elmos and Cookie Monsters.

Popular media-linked toys embedded with computer chips undermine children's imagination and hinder their development.
Susan Linn Compares Bush to Baby Einstein

04 min 43 sec

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Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, remembers her FTC complaint filed against Disney's Baby Einstein for "false and deceptive marketing."

Although our government is "in love with the market" and "hates regulation," the complaint succeeded. Linn draws a parallel between the marketing tactics and deception of the Bush administration and Baby Einstein.
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triforcelink

Posted: 09.03.09, 11:33 AM

Sure, when I use to play with legos, I followed the instructions that came in the box to build whatever the instructions said, but you know what? two days later, I would rip that thing apart and throw it into the pile with the other legos, and build my own creation. Think about hackers, what do they do? They find different ways to use things that had only one use.