Re:The Toxoplasma of Rage (2014)
by paulie_a on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:19AM
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On the flip side we are training humanity to be less susceptible to advertising. Hence the increase in noise as humans naturally and unknowingly filter it out.
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Re:The Toxoplasma of Rage (2014)
by thinkingemote on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:26AM
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We really are not training humanity to resist advertising at all.
If anything its quite the opposite and at the very least no change from before. We should try individually and we might get some success. We might try at a societal level but I have not see this occuring (apart from things like bans for things like cigarettes or products aimed at children). There's no fundamental human change occuring.
Additionally the vast majority of HN users are dependent on advertising. Advertisments are core to the western life. It's deep in our psychology, and requires more than just an ad blocker.
Re:The Toxoplasma of Rage (2014)
by neutronicus on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:28AM
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Yeah, if anything, we're training people to aspire to be living advertisements, since the reward for success on Instagram is luxury brands subsidizing your lifestyle in-kind and perhaps even in money.
Is advertising in the 50s more or less successful than now? I do not know the answer but I am curious. Does the more in your face advertising actually make a difference or is the bar simply raised?