>What came was next was a bait and switch that resulted in cesspools of advertising, tracking, and a mess of curated content that promotes outrage and polarizat

>What came was next was a bait and switch that resulted in cesspools of advertising, tracking, and a mess of curated content that promotes outrage and polarization because it keeps people on the page and clicking links. Content and journalism has been diluted and pushed to the gutter Advertising and the surveillance infrastructure are just one part of it: - Theranos (zero due diligence, blatant fraud that flew in the face of science) - WeWork (foisting terrible finances onto the public) - Cult of Elon Musk (we like the companies, so we will excuse doxing journalists and critics, securities fraud, SWATing whistleblowers, building factories in China amidst a trade war) - Google's Project Maven - Uber/Waymo/Tesla using our roads as a test bed for automonomous driving and killing people. - Most facets of the "gig economy" - YouTube content catering to pedophiles And on and on...