Thread

1. wateralien · 1790076054 · focus · HN ↗

   It's not only the World Cup, it's everything, everywhere, all the time. We are drowning in marketing messages. It's gross.

   1. BLKNSLVR · 1790085455 · focus · HN ↗

      The paperclip maximizer was some other dimension, we got the advertising maximizer.

      1. tavavex · 1790093959 · focus · HN ↗

         Millions of people go about their lives every day devising complex schemes to put as much visual garbage, deceptive messaging and mind-exploiting advertising in front of your eyes. They don't care about truth or integrity, they only value money. Nothing is too low for them. There already are millions of little maximizers everywhere, I'm just surprised there has been no backlash against them or their industry of spreading manipulative slosh onto every possible flat surface.

         1. unrented7977 · 1790103262 · focus · HN ↗

            This is what you get when you structure an entire civilization to worship greed and capitalism.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.