Lol. I'm sorry, but that is not what is happening here. All one has to do is look around their world the past decade. But credit where credit is due—that's a n

Lol. I'm sorry, but that is not what is happening here. All one has to do is look around their world the past decade. But credit where credit is due—that's a new one. "Targeted ads are for saving lives" Come on, man. edit: For the record, I've been down that road. Drowning in cynical consumerism is not only not the answer, it's actively harmful to be awash in that much vampiric information. If you found help because of a chance encounter with an ad, I'm happy for you. The universe is a crazy place and good can most certainly come from bad (and the other way around). But my god man, those are not designed to help people—they are designed to extract maximum revenue at any cost—social, personal, or otherwise.