3 Someone should do a sociological study of the tchotchkes and ancillary doodads that speakers either give away or sell. There is an array of laminated cards with fortune-cookie wisdom, bumper stickers, bookmarks, self-published vanity books, can openers, paperweights, wall hangings, and peculiar club memberships (e.g., The International Association of Mighty Thinkers). If all that energy went into increasing fees rather than creating tangential dust collectors, the entire industry might improve its revenues.
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