> Economically, I'm not sure we're ever going to get away from ads. Why? Was there no human economic activity before they were ads? If spaceships appeared in

> Economically, I'm not sure we're ever going to get away from ads. Why? Was there no human economic activity before they were ads? If spaceships appeared in the sky, and shot lasers at all ads, and anyone making new ones, would we find no way to make and sell and buy things regardless? That seems less likely to me than said spaceships. > I just don't see that happening. True, and saying "it should be possible" is not the same as knowing how to get from here to there. But I wouldn't say "never ever" in this context.