Maybe instead of being assembled in different formations – such as the Marvel Avengers, or Superman and Batman – American superheroes could benefit from a sort of cultural exchange programme.
It's notable that Emanuel, whose first run for Chicago mayor got a lift from the blessing of President Obama, benefited from a sort of shorthand for black and brown voters affected by violence.
Berlin's large community of British cultural diaspora (such as Sir Simon Rattle, music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and artists such as Tacita Dean and Douglas Gordon), "benefit from a sort of seriousness – and the fact that the state better supports the institutions.
But if they can communicate their benefits – creating a sort of living diary – well enough these sites should have a good future.
The event confusingly doubled a benefit for Riverkeeper, a sort of neighborhood watch for waterways, and the walls were adorned with soon-to-be-sold notebooks filled with DBA-pen scribbles by an assortment of Big Names.
"When you look at the volumes [of weapons, people and oil] that are transiting going into Turkey, it's inevitable that there is some collusion from customs and military, and my impression is that its individuals benefiting or profiting, and a sort of passive attitude from the institutions that lets it happen," she said.
In many ways, the corporate social-responsibility model depends less on cost-benefit analysis than on a sort of monarchical enlightenment at the top; even inside Mattel, in fact, there was a moment when the entire edifice that Sethi had built was in danger of being axed by one man.
All proceeds will benefit a non-profit of some sort.
While it's not technically a social network in the purest sense, Kickstarter could benefit a lot from that sort of prolonged customer engagement, both as campaigns look to draw in new backers and keep them in the loop throughout the process of delivering a product.
