The world would be a far better place if advertising were greatly restricted - not just because it's annoying and bad for privacy, but also because it's bad for economies. Advertising is why you could work hard at a career your whole life and make less money than Kim K would for farting into a walkie-talkie (or less theoretically, less money than Karl Lagerfeld's cat made for posing on car's dashboard), and it also fuels much of the IP industry's work-once-get-paid-forever business model. It should be restr
In Douglas Adams book the ultimate computer interface was a writing desk. You sat down and started trying to solve a problem by hand. The computer watched what you were doing, inferred what you were trying to accomplish, then did it.
This is the same thing for advertising. Only it's more insidious and not invited.
Advertising should be greatly restricted (Score:5, Interesting)
The world would be a far better place if advertising were greatly restricted - not just because it's annoying and bad for privacy, but also because it's bad for economies. Advertising is why you could work hard at a career your whole life and make less money than Kim K would for farting into a walkie-talkie (or less theoretically, less money than Karl Lagerfeld's cat made for posing on car's dashboard), and it also fuels much of the IP industry's work-once-get-paid-forever business model. It should be restr
it's the dark side of Douglas Adams Desk interface (Score:2)
In Douglas Adams book the ultimate computer interface was a writing desk. You sat down and started trying to solve a problem by hand. The computer watched what you were doing, inferred what you were trying to accomplish, then did it.
This is the same thing for advertising. Only it's more insidious and not invited.