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by quickthrower2 2511 days ago
I think it’s simple. There are millions of people who go to work at companies whose job it is to figure out how to sell more of their stuff to you.

Not just marketing and sales. Coders working on analytics platforms used by marketing for example are part of the team. Reflect on what tasks got priority at your work today. And if you are not helping to increase consumption maybe you are helping your customers customers to do this instead.

Companies that can grow get all the rewards. Their shareholders get rich. People want to be rich because that’s the dream they are sold. It’s a cycle.