"The brightest minds of our generation are working on making people click ads". Every time I hear this quote, I remember all the small businesses and ventures

"The brightest minds of our generation are working on making people click ads". Every time I hear this quote, I remember all the small businesses and ventures that only exist because of Instagram, Facebook and Google Ads. Housewives baking cakes, a leatherworker making custom backpacks, a blacksmith restoring antique knives - those are just personal friends of mine who wouldn't be able to build their businesses if not for what those brightest minds of our generation are doing. Is all of this really worthless to you? (Copied over my recent comment on this exact topic, I hope it's OK with the mods).