We are so carpet bombed with ads that in some sense the demand for peace and contemplation is a synthetic need generated by not only the content of ads, but by

We are so carpet bombed with ads that in some sense the demand for peace and contemplation is a synthetic need generated by not only the content of ads, but by their very presence. Ad free consumer gadgets provide a new way to price differentiate between the wealthy and the poor. The advertisers, and through them, the owners of corporations and the owners of the society, win no matter how you slice it.