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It's pretty naive to try and think that people are not the issue. They are. Advertising simply exploits the flaw.
by pryelluw 8y ago
It's pretty naive to try and think that people are not the issue. They are. Advertising simply exploits the flaw.
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- throwaway-571 8y agoAdvertising is people too. It’s people all the way down. We decided child labor was morally unacceptable, so why not advertising?
- pryelluw 8y agoId say comparing advertising with child labor proves how biases distort perception.
- JohnFen 8y agoI think you missed his point. What I heard him saying is that in the past, other commonly accepted practices were eventually deemed unacceptable and ended. There's no reason the currently accepted practices of the advertising industry can't follow a similar trajectory.
- pryelluw 8y agoNo, I got that. My point is that child labor is a bit too extreme for comparisons sake. Smoking and the tobacco industry would be more inline with advertising.
- hopler 8y agoWho decided that? In the USA we decided that domestic child labor is unacceptable, so we outsourced it to Africa and Asia.
- pryelluw 8y agoIs it a surprise to anyone that all the major advertising companies are more than willing to meet the demands of nations that do not deem child labor as a negative? Not at all. Its why these companies need to be regulated. Sadly, regulation tech is taboo because that means VC s wont be able to make money as easily.
- grimjack00 8y agoWe decided child labor was unacceptable _outside certain limits_. I was helping customers in the family deli at 11-12 years old, and that's perfectly legal as long as time/task regulations are followed.
- m463 8y agoI think "advertising" is a deliberately ambiguous term nowadays (like justice or freedom) 50 years ago, advertising was a broadcast medium. A sign, a jingle, a page in a magazine with a photo and a pitch. But nowadays advertising is two-directional, probably more accurately defined as surveillance and profiling of individuals. For example, if you run the Target app on your phone and look at the "advertisements" for a product, it is very likely the price will go up if you walk into the store and look again.