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Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-05-02 10:43:07 AM | Source

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yep. 90% of the world’s brightest minds are dedicated to ad optimization, not actually useful technology.

If we had simply put our resources towards spaceflight or, I dunno, solving world hunger, it would be done by now. But the “invisible hand” optimizes for greed and money, not real progress.