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A Dystopian Welfare State Funded by Clicks (evgenymorozov.tumblr.com)
4 points by mgunes 3952 days ago
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Though this is an interesting thought experiment, the author misses one key point: Advertising has historically only been about 1% of GDP and there is nothing to suggest that it will grow. To suggest that Advertising can support increasingly large parts of the economy is a bit unrealistic.