<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 8, 2023, 5:55 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I wonder, on a global scale, if this might be a trend. Imagine buying a<br>
screw driver that is _just a screw driver_! No posturing, no life style,<br>
no political affiliation, it's just a tool that you use! ;)<br>
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What do you think? Could this be a new trend?<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nope. How you screw is as important as who you screw. I need to social signal my values as soon as your company tells me what my values should be.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">tbh though, I've been considering what chatGPT/et al. are going to do with/to marketing... as each person's passively-gathered intel is exploited to write compelling "offers" that maximize profit at ideal customer acquisition cost.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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