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På fulinternet tycker folk att det ska vara mer reklam istället.

Ett mikroekonomiskt perspektiv som inte ser samhällsbyggarskogen för alla transaktionsträd. “Jag skulle vilja sluta rök–“ “Nej jag vill ha konstanta cigaretter istället för då skulle jag inte behöva tändare bara kunna tända nästa på förra ciggens fimp!”

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

This is a very frank and fascinating time capsule. The themes here are quite prescient for our present and our future.

Blog post from Whatsapp founders in 2012 (prior to selling to Facebook) on why they don’t and will never sell ads.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it.

No one is entitled to yell at you “GET 20% OFF THIS UNDERWEAR YOU GLANCED AT YESTERDAY” with a dopamine megaphone in your bedroom. And to track 90% of your life to know when and how to say it. That’s not free speech, that’s harassment.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it.

No one is entitled to yell at you “GET 20% OFF THIS UNDERWEAR YOU GLANCED AT YESTERDAY” with a dopamine megaphone in your bedroom. And to track 90% of your life to know when and how to say it. That’s not free speech, that’s harassment.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

We should.

We should.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

New version of Vinegar!

Please, @zhenyi@mastodon.social, keep the old one around a little bit longer! 🙏🏻 I still use it every day.

This old ad for an

How much money I have made with my Lego YouTube channel? Let’s go through the YouTube Analytics. Whether you’re a colleague or an aspiring Youtuber, you may find this information valuable.