Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to The Shitpost Office@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 days agoCan't argue with thatlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down19
arrow-up1549arrow-down1imageCan't argue with thatlemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to The Shitpost Office@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·3 days 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-up0·2 days agohow else would it be optimized?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-down1·1 day 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”