The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.

The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.

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    11 days ago

    Pretty sure I wrote about this while on LSD once lol

    Sounds like a good idea but has the same odds of happening as billionaires voluntaringly giving away 99% of their wealth.