This is a modified version of "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make me click on ads." My attempt was to make this more direct at the intent of clicking on ads.
The best minds can't be swayed from their dreams and goals. Otherwise were they truly the best minds to begin with?
with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like - George Carlin
The best minds of my generation are manipulating people into buying things they don't need with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like
The cost of experimenting with a small team making offers on the internet is small, but the potential returns are enormous. You can afford to have 100 offers rejected because when you find that 1 offer that catches on it really, really catches on.
The best minds recognize the cost/benefit analysis.
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,...
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail...
They are being paid by people who want to sell things.