Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to The Shitpost Office@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 months agoCan't argue with thatlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down110
arrow-up1601arrow-down1imageCan't argue with thatlemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to The Shitpost Office@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 months agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·9 months agoBecause outrage is the best way to get engagement. Engagement sells more ads. More ads means more money. We have optimized our society very poorly
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agohow else would it be optimized?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYou could optimize around meeting everyone’s basic needs. Only human greed prevents us from accomplishing that.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·9 months agoand the obsessive need of the UN to redefine basic needs to include nonsense like “housing” and “freedoms”
Because outrage is the best way to get engagement. Engagement sells more ads. More ads means more money.
We have optimized our society very poorly
It’s idiocracy!
how else would it be optimized?
You could optimize around meeting everyone’s basic needs. Only human greed prevents us from accomplishing that.
and the obsessive need of the UN to redefine basic needs to include nonsense like “housing” and “freedoms”