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> Advertising is the root of all the evils we face today in this technological society Overstated a little, don’t you think? What about opioid addiction? Seden
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
> Advertising is the root of all the evils we face today in this technological society
Overstated a little, don’t you think? What about opioid addiction? Sedentary lifestyle with poor diet? Cost of health care and education? Racism? Should I go on?
- matheusmoreira 5y ago> What about opioid addiction? Sedentary lifestyle with poor diet? Cost of health care and education? Racism? Yes, those are real problems. How's that got anything to do with our digital lives though? That's what I meant by technological society. I could probably have expressed myself better. What I mean is the internet used to be a lot better and advertising is responsible for making it worse. All of the abuses we suffer today on the internet, especially our lack of privacy, are caused by advertisers and their insatiable need for our attention.
- Intermernet 5y agoFrighteningly, you'll find that there have been advertising campaigns related to each and every one of those issues, which have swayed public opinion drastically one way or another.
- ipython 5y agoHow do you think folks heard about opioids? Word of mouth?