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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    2 months ago

    Curious how you landed in the past, haha. I saw your response and couldn’t remember what it was about. Yeah it was mostly a dumb comment I probably made while drunk.