Can’t stop thinking about this in the context of tech. Of course technological advances are a good thing, but isn’t there a point where progress for the sake of progress stifles any productive use? Who exactly is benefiting here? A decade or so ago, I was still able to communicate how I’m communicating now, but things have gotten substantially worse.

I’m looking at the state of the internet and can’t help but look at how every algorithmic breakthrough has just been used to gather data for marketing purposes or targeted advertisements. Lmao and I don’t even know how you can consider that progress to be honest.

The wildest part about this is that you don’t even need to be a leftist to agree. Everyone hates targeted ads and marketing bullshit besides people who make money in marketing and advertisement.

  • aebletrae [she/her]
    ·
    1 year ago

    Yet the "it's the economy, stupid" talking point still won't die.

    In order to keep the campaign on message, Carville hung a sign in Bill Clinton's Little Rock campaign headquarters that read:

    1. Change vs. more of the same.
    2. The economy, stupid
    3. Don't forget health care.

    Although the sign was intended for an internal audience of campaign workers, the second phrase became a de facto slogan for the Clinton election campaign.

    — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid#History

    And, of course, they forgot point 3.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      "it's the economy, stupid"

      One of the most irritating legacies of billdawg was that smug-ass proto- reddit-logo slogan.