> Your reply to his comment is pointless.
No, you missed the point. I'm criticizing his "Advertising is something that has existed for at least 100 plus years." and therefor "is here to stay" logical fallacy.
No, your definition is so broad as to be meaningless.
What do I proposed? For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10398290. But more importantly go back to my "On our failure to focus on finding alternate solutions" link above. This website and the culture it worships touts its creative and problem solving ability. So it is not just a moral failure but also one of imagination.
"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks."
– Jeff Hammerbacher, fmr. Manager of Facebook Data Team, founder of Cloudera
And honestly, I believe you are so armored against my ideas, that you haven't given them (my comments here and my links) a truly honest, reflective read. You keep challenging me but you haven't answered all of my points or challenges.
jrcii's comment's being down-voted to oblivion represents how upset people here get about anything that challenges their golden goose.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
– Upton Sinclair