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Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by mentalpiracy on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @02:38AM (#37911382)
genuinely curious what truth-distilling insight you think the average customer has that somehow can’t be manipulated artificially.

people get duped by deceptive marketing every day, man.

Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by boringds on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @03:39AM (#37911754)
On the other hand, we have seen how perverse incentive amongst experts work too. Academia is rife with fraud (e.g. publishing 500 paper a year), because certain incentives make it possible. I agree expert are important and should be judged by peers, but incentives around budget allocation and prestige should not be attached to performance, especially in science. However I understand it's a complex topic so I probably miss a lot of information, just my 2 c.
Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by suoduandao2 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:06AM (#37943113)
skin in the game. They paid for the product, and if the company's still in business, didn't sue it or convince everyone else not to. A good review costs a restaurant critic nothing.