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  • >>Erik: What did you learn studying anthropology at Brandeis University and how did you apply

  • that in your early career? >>Simon: I`m fascinated by why people do what

  • they do. I`ve always been fascinated by it. Anthropology gave me the freedom and flexibility

  • to study the individual and the group. If you just want to study individuals you are

  • a psychology major and if you just want to study the group you are a sociology major.

  • Where when you are an anthropology major you can do it all. Freedom is nice. I`m just fascinated

  • by people. In college, I loved going to bars and watch people on dates. Watching their

  • body language. I did field work with the Massachusetts state police. When I went into my career in

  • marketing, I was interested in why people buy one thing over another. For me it is very

  • much the same. What truly motivates us and what inspires us to repeat behavior?

>>Erik: What did you learn studying anthropology at Brandeis University and how did you apply

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