George Carlin - advertising and bull shit

Just because advertising existed before, doesn't mean it has to continue to exist. Advertising is not a law of nature, it is a human invention and should be replaced by a new invention. Advertising is a very bad thing. It's a form of brainwashing in which people are manipulated or provoked to consume way beyond their needs. Its goal is to plant ideas into your head, without you even being aware of it. Curiously, the law of supply and demand in economics doesn't even mention the concept of advertising, yet it plays a huge role in demand creation. This 'inflated' demand provokes inflated supply, which creates even more demand (because everyone wants a popular thing), the feedback loop being limited by the speed of extraction of the natural resources and the capacity of the human body, but that can be augmented by increasing human population. There's too much shit produced in the world, too much waste created, too much useless information on the web and too many shitty websites and ecosystems, which exist solely due to advertising. I don't mind at all if they disappear or reduce in numbers. Good content and good products will find ways to survive. Bill Hicks [link] George Carlin [this video]