7 My scientific term for a market that has been artificially created in the speaker’s mind to justify speaking on a topic that is of great importance to the speaker but to virtually no one else. For example, you’re going to speak to the homeless about finding a job. Who will organize this? Where will it happen? Who will pay?

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