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Note that the quote originates from the 90's, way before ad tech as it is currently known. Advertising is a bit like finance. There exists an important, tiny co

Note that the quote originates from the 90's, way before ad tech as it is currently known. Advertising is a bit like finance. There exists an important, tiny core that is surrounded by a massive amount of activity whose societal benefit is doubtful at best.

lupire 6y ago
That's not just ads or finance, that's all of capitalism. (If I'm good at programming I have to convince a farmer its in his interest to give me food, even if he doesn't need my software.) And communism has its own problems.