“For virtually everything… that’s wrong online, ads are part of the reason why it’s wrong. And often, they’re the whole reason.”—Sam Harris
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Agreed. But are ads at fault for what's wrong? I find that dubious. Why do ads cause the social media outrage brigades, for instance?
good point. outrage doesn’t seem like a problem that’s particularly stoked by ad incentives
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Except the fuel of the outrage fire is media articles, which are so optimized for ads it's hard to believe Sam means anything else!
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I think Trumps entire marketing approach was fueled by outrage. But not traditional ads - maybe a sort of meta-advertising.
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Not to mention all the ad $ collected by media outlets that thrived on the outrage.
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