Fingers crossed. Ive come to the slow realization that marketing might be an unjustifiable rot that only makes money through pervasive negative externalities — at least when it’s become so extensive that “brand” advertising is a thing. Would a future of commerce that looks more like eBay / early Amazon than Google really be that sad?

Obviously, this is rough for people who have invested time and money into that profession. Luckily most of them are smart, diligent professionals, so the optimist side of me hopes there will always be a need for such people in our struggles against suffering. For one, we could certainly use a few more teachers…