The notion that you must be good at selling shit is reinforced in most companies, colleges and probably schools. The idea that choosing products and making cor

The notion that you must be good at selling shit is reinforced in most companies, colleges and probably schools. The idea that choosing products and making correct economic decisions is a skill - this idea is formally taught almost nowhere. Is there any surprise that manipulative techniques work so well? If you think this is driven purely by self-interest of companies, you're probably wrong. Employees in most big corps waste immeasurable amounts of resources on "internal marketing" (from resumes during hire, to presentations, to emails sent to their bosses). Most big companies still believe it's better train 100 workers to sell their shit, than to train 1 VP to use basic math and critical thinking. Similar situation with resumes. HR bemoans people lying on their resumes, and then do absolutely everything possible to incentivize applicant to lie as much as possible. Heck, even here. Where are the articles titled "here is how I rationalized my shopping"?