tl;dr; marketing adds a glossy veneer so people will overspend on useless crap, companies will screw you if it means margins are greater. So much of what societ

tl;dr; marketing adds a glossy veneer so people will overspend on useless crap, companies will screw you if it means margins are greater. So much of what society produces is meaningless nonsense. SV doesn't have that world cornered by any means. counterpoint: Capitalism sucks, but it seems to work better than most things we've tried thus far.