You don't know what you want: How Design, Marketing, and Corporate Systems Quietly Shape Your Desires and Control Modern Consumption

Author:   Emanuel Maia
Publisher:   Independently Published
ISBN:  

9798275991635


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   25 November 2025
Format:   Paperback
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You don't know what you want: How Design, Marketing, and Corporate Systems Quietly Shape Your Desires and Control Modern Consumption


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You believe your choices are your own. But what if your desires were never truly yours to begin with? In YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, Emanuel Maia dismantles one of the most powerful illusions of modern life: the belief in free consumer choice. Through sharp analysis and compelling insight, this book reveals how design, marketing, and corporate structures methodically engineer what you crave, buy, and aspire to become. From the psychology of scarcity and planned obsolescence to the manipulation of aspiration and identity, this work exposes the silent mechanisms that govern everyday decisions. It challenges readers to question not only products, but the systems shaping their habits, values, and self-image. This is not a rejection of commerce, but a call to awareness. A guide for designers, thinkers, professionals, and conscious consumers seeking clarity in a world engineered for endless wanting. If you have ever felt unease in your relationship with consumption, if you suspect the market knows you better than you know yourself, this book will change the way you see choice forever. You don't just buy products. You buy stories. And this book teaches you how to see through them.

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Author:   Emanuel Maia
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9798275991635


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   25 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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