"We farm and manipulate people's interests for cash" might be a better title. I honestly wonder if a16z and the rest of the SV elite don't understand that thi

"We farm and manipulate people's interests for cash" might be a better title. I honestly wonder if a16z and the rest of the SV elite don't understand that this is a symptom of moral and emotional dysfunction, and not proof of their competitive superiority. I've considered a couple of music-related social projects, but I'd be more interested in making a fan site for - you know - fans and artists, and not so much of a monetisation juggernaut that will deliberately trap its users in endless twisty little passages of sticky interaction so their time can be harvested and passed to ad tech.