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If I sell my data for a dollar and subsequently ensure I only buy what I need, am I ahead?

• LatteLazy 6y ago
  That's a fine question. I don't know you. You might well be impervious to advertising. And if so, you'll gain a dollar. But I know the average person is NOT impervious to advertising. Quite the opposite, since ww2 billion dollar companies have risen based entirely on the fact most people are very susceptible to advertising. And every year, advertising gets smarter, more specific, more common, more aggressive, more tailored etc. So you'll have to ask yourself: are you smarter than the average bear? Or rather, are you smarter than Googles billion dollar bear hunting machine designed to catch bears that are too smart to be caught by any other bear catching machine? And are you smarter than it is, even though you gave it all your data for a dollar? And instead of a dollar, you settled for free email and tailored autoprediction to save you typing... Sometimes the smartest thing to do is admit you're not THAT smart. I know I'm not.
• titzer 6y ago
  The entire reason advertising exists is to subvert your conscious assessment of what you need, and when you do buy something you "need", you buy the right brand. It's just stochastic brainwashing.
• AshWolfy 6y ago
  what makes you think you are special and able to resist manipulation?
  • jfoster 6y ago
    Not asserting that I am. It was a hypothetical.