Capitalism is a paperclip maximizer. It's overoptimized for profits, and the tech sphere has become subject to that overoptimization. Nerdiness used to be unc

Capitalism is a paperclip maximizer. It's overoptimized for profits, and the tech sphere has become subject to that overoptimization. Nerdiness used to be uncool, but now it's cool because it's profitable, which means "normification". In the meantime, you're now the product, and advertisers are the customers on all the platforms you engage with (except perhaps here and 4chan).