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> Paul Graham's submarine essay To save a few clicks: https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html > [The] PR industry,
by Terr_ 4mo ago
> Paul Graham's submarine essay
To save a few clicks: https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
> [The] PR industry, lurking like a huge, quiet submarine beneath the news. Of the stories you read in traditional media that aren't about politics, crimes, or disasters, more than half probably come from PR firms.
- felooboolooomba 4mo ago>more than half probably come from PR firms Imagine how bad it is on social media.
- Terr_ 4mo agoFrankly, I'm kinda scared about a negative-trust future. Compared to the 90's, not only are the financial pressures for scams/fraud/astroturfing rather extreme, but the cost of running lots of complicated lies is dropping like a stone.
- felooboolooomba 4mo agoThat negative-trust future is already here. When GPT showed up, I posted that the internet and the world as we knew it was over. I mostly got downvoted and negative comments.