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You are not the product, your attention is the product. Companines like Google are not engaged in human trafficking. Similar problems can be seen in management
by simula67 9y ago
You are not the product, your attention is the product. Companines like Google are not engaged in human trafficking.
Similar problems can be seen in management : thinking of human beings as resources. Human beings are not resources, their time spent advancing the company goals is
- vog 9y agoNot sure what this nitpicking is good for. For the moral argument, I don't think it makes a difference which part of a human's mind is the product. This is like saying: "He didn't run him over - only his legs!" Or, less drastically: "The whole program isn't full of bugs, just the Foo, Bar, Baz and Main functions."
- simula67 9y agoThe term 'You are the product' carries heavier connotation than 'just the mind'. Also in the case of Google it serves a brief span of your attention to advertisers. They are not engaged in selling minds, wholesale or in part. I have enabled Google Search ads on all my machines for this reason. This distinction is worth making, since in some cases, it is an algorithmic matching between buyers and sellers. This helps consumers discover products and services they need and advertisers to discover demand they may otherwise be unable to tap