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> Advertising is inherently evil Advertising in its basic form is a lie. When advertising you never speak about the competitors who are better than you, the fl
by smanuel 12y ago
> Advertising is inherently evil
Advertising in its basic form is a lie. When advertising you never speak about the competitors who are better than you, the flaws in your offering, you extrapolate your advantages, you "fake it until you make it" and so on, but... "evil"?
Just like Churchill's saying about democracy (democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried), I would say the same about advertising.
Advertising is the worst form of informing people about what you can offer, except all other that have been tried.
Telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Pfft, that would be so boring.
- dTal 12y agoWhat other forms have been tried, and how were they worse?
- smanuel 12y agoThe other form is when you try to be very objective and tell the whole truth. Try this next time when you pitch an idea or try to explain the benefits using some product / service. I bet there will be a lot of yawns and eye rolling. That's why engineers are usually not the best people to present something new (a product or just an idea). Because they try to be objective and stick to the facts. And most of the time people don't want that, they want excitement. And excitement needs some lying.