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by liquidben 5949 days ago
So the trick is to give people what they need, which is not necessarily what they ask for. That doesn't necessarily defy the article's thesis, since it might be possible to phrase questions artfully enough to diagnose needs vs wants, but that might be tricky and take great effort.

And of course, there really was no reason to disparage the auteur behind Waterworld aside from being linkbait. ;)