Anywhere the Eye Can See

Have you noticed the ever-increasing arm of advertising in our lives? According to a New York Times article, supermarket eggs have begun to be stamped by CBS television shows, turnstiles in subways are blanketed with Geico ads, and Chinese food cartons are emblazoned with ads from Continental Airways. Eve the trays we place our personal belongings in at the airport are sporting Rolodexes.

According to the research firm Yankelovich, a person “living in a city 30 years ago saw up to 2,000 ad messages a day, compared with up to 5,000 today. About half the 4,110 people surveyed by…