Sanctioning disability benefit recipients (causing many to commit suicide!) Thank you UK PLC !!11!

> Tasked by the Department of Work and Pensions to investigate the effectiveness of "sanctioning" recipients of disability benefits (punishing them with fines of up to three years ineligibility to benefits for supposed bad attitudes or non-compliance), the nudge unit noted that these methods were ineffective, but rather than recommending they be withdrawn, proposed changes which might make sanctions and benefit conditionality more effective

Of course they can be used for good or bad. So does heroin (which is fundamentally diamorphine and used medically). The issue is that nudge techniques as they are implemented on the web are overwhelmingly abusive.

Of course I would ban all advertising if it were up to me. There's no question about it.

I don't think banning all advertising is a good idea, there is some of it which is actually honest and useful.

A good 95%+ of them are a cancer upon society and even our planet though. I find it insane that we are told to behave as responsible consumers while there is a multibillion dollar industry which sole purpose is to change consumer's behavior.

> For anything? Would you ban all advertising?

Yes, 100%. Advertising is nothing but an unproductive arms race for who can deliver the biggest assault on your mind and your attention. Your life would be better, and all your products cheaper too.