Cory Doctorow on Nostr: For example, might assume that ad-tech works - bypassing peoples' critical faculties, ...

For example, might assume that ad-tech works - bypassing peoples' critical faculties, reaching inside their minds and brainwashing them with Big Data insights, because if that's *not* what's happening, then why would rich people pour billions into those ads?

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/06/surveillance-tulip-bulbs/#adtech-bubble

You might assume that private equity looters make their investors rich, because otherwise, why would rich people hand over trillions for them to play with?

https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/private-equity-vampire-capital/

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