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Last year, you’d be correct. This year, bots DO purchase things. They also download and run things. Some marketers have gotten wise and have adjusted SEO and general product advertising to appeal to bots.
Where did we go wrong?
In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. – Some Hoopy Frood
Has anyone tried moving around little green bits of paper? Or no because on the whole it isn't the little green bits of paper that are unhappy?
oh no. not again.
Once upon a time, a bunch of primates came down from the trees and now we have unstoppable climate change.
We let people become rich without eating them when they did bad things.
Some would say it was coming down from the trees.
I’ve read a pretty convincing take that it was shoes
We gave normies access to the internet at anytime.
Everyday we do not stop the profit incentive.
It's complicated.
In short, yes.
When we developed culture, it began the uncoupling of our abilities from the capacity of our brains. All other problems stem from this!
I think it was when we started organizing into walled cities surrounded by agricultural lands... that was really conditioning to a miserable way of life (for most, benefitting only a few) that carries through all the way to today.
We thought tech would improve our lives. And allowed companies to do anything they wanted for decades because don't want to hinder progress. And no regulation on companies purchases.
For whom are they purchasing things?
Their techno fascist overlords, not for consumption, just to keep the propaganda space up so their have a space to control the narrative.