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Binary & Tweed
And I also think many of the major capitalist forces fail to account for people's wishes to not be roped into some sprawling system, wishes that I think should be respected more than they currently are in many cases.
And honestly this failure could even be framed as a longterm liability, by arousing the angst and distrust of would-be satisfied consumer bases.And I also think many of the major capitalist forces fail to account for people's wishes to not be roped into some sprawling system, wishes that I think should be respected more than they currently are in many cases.
he wants to cram the sky with shit satellites so they can film you taking a shit from space and youll never see a star againElon Musk wants everyone driving his electric cars, perhaps because he genuinely believes that would be a good thing, but he's just had to recall hundreds of thousands of them due to potentially lethal faults.
this is what Stan is too thick to understandNone of these technological developments have to happen. It's people choosing to push things in a given direction and the rest of us being disconnected from the process to such an extent that it seems to occur of its own accord.
I agree, and I wouldn't even say that our motivations here are absolutely predetermined. But to nudge against such colossal momentum is almost impossible, unless a serious amount of innovative energy is dedicated to exploring feasible alternatives, as in triple bottom line capitalism.None of these technological developments have to happen. It's people choosing to push things in a given direction and the rest of us being disconnected from the process to such an extent that it seems to occur of its own accord.
It's a con though. A balm. A way of tricking the consumer into feeling satisfied rather than actually satisfying them.I think the whole wellness angle could potentially help realize the value of consumer satisfaction, satisfaction on a basis of ethics that was previously considered irrelevant to bottom-line decision-making.
As opposed to, say, "killing them all."and that is a problem I think can only be mitigated incrementally, and slowly at that.
I shouldn't argue that it's all in good faith, because it isn't, but I do think it opens up considerations that weren't even entertained, if even ostentatiously, before the question of mental health was a somewhat mainstream concern.It's a con though. A balm. A way of tricking the consumer into feeling satisfied rather than actually satisfying them.
Harder! YES!Stan why are you so thick?
And honestly, I suspect this is a symptom of women climbing the corporate ranks, i.e. a more sensitive and introspective concern that would otherwise be taboo in the old boys' milieu,I shouldn't argue that it's all in good faith, because it isn't, but I do think it opens up considerations that weren't even entertained, if even ostentatiously, before the question of mental health was a somewhat mainstream concern.
Really I think its a symptom of vulnerable demographics climbing the corporate ranks, but perhaps the feminine gaze in particular imparts this concern (again if even ostentatious) of wellbeing and mental health. Then again, a woman executive who has acclimated to the old boys' milieu would propagate those values arguably as much as the men would, so it doesn't necessarily reduce down to individual demographics.And honestly, I suspect this is a symptom of women climbing the corporate ranks, i.e. a more sensitive and introspective concern that would otherwise be taboo in the old boys' milieu,
They're considerations which are exploited like everything else though. There's now an incentive to generate mental illness, or to at least offer temporary rather than permanent relief, in order to maintain the market that's been built up around it.I shouldn't argue that it's all in good faith, because it isn't, but I do think it opens up considerations that weren't even entertained, if even ostentatiously, before the question of mental health was a somewhat mainstream concern.
Totally, and it occasions markets for mental health products and services which may manage to find ways to drum up their own business (like dentists giving away candy to children after appointments).They're considerations which are exploited like everything else though. There's now an incentive to generate mental illness, or to at least offer temporary rather than permanent relief, in order to maintain the market that's been built up around it.