“I do think the best thing for companies like Google and Facebook, if they are afraid of this ethical trap of advertising, is they should start letting people pay who want to pay and avoid some of the advertising.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldPayCompanyAdvertisingBest ThingsEthicalGoogleTraps Author:Tim Wu
“We already have our phones, but other wearables, and those technologies are going to want to know when you're deciding things and then offer some kind of input subtle or less so on that moment.” KnowsWantKindMomentsTechnologyOffersPhonesSubtleThat MomentInput Author:Tim Wu
“If you have a disease and suddenly start getting ads for cures for that disease and it's an embarrassing disease - all that kind of stuff it just gets into that zone of autonomy or privacy where you feel a sense of freedom to be who you want to be.” IfsWantFeelsKindStuffDiseaseCuresPrivacyZoneAdsEmbarrassingAutonomy Author:Tim Wu
“If you have a weakness for furry slippers or something, you might end up with that kind of advertising. It's a very complicated algorithmic decision. There's no one dude who's deciding what ads are going with things, and it's very individualized also. And that's the idea of collecting information is that in theory, you're showing people things that they should want to see or for which they are a good target. So, no, there's no master person.” PeopleIfsWantShouldKindPersonsIdeasEndsMightDecisionInformationMastersTheoryWeaknessComplicatedAdvertisingTargetAdsCollectingSlippersFurryCollecting Information Author:Tim Wu
“The Holy Grail of advertising has always been advertisement that people want to watch, which occasionally happens. You know, the Super Bowl, people sit there and watch the advertisements. Some print advertising is very beautiful.” PeopleKnowsWantHappensBeautifulWatchesHolyAdvertisingPrintBowlsSuper BowlAdvertisementsVery BeautifulHoly Grail Author:Tim Wu
“I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it has very effectively stood up to Donald Trump who has obvious fascist tendencies and his - who's a temptation like all authoritarian figures to try to crush the media or make it obey him. As that - the media has, in fact, stood up to him and has refused to bow out or cower.” WantTryingStatesDoneFactsHappensAmericaOne ThingMediaFiguresTrumpObviousTendenciesTemptationCrushBowsFascistsStood UpTotalitarian State Author:Tim Wu
“There's a problem which is when you're trapped in your own identity and everything is really you, then you feel less freedom to sort of explore who you want to be. So I think it's kind of something we're stuck with as long as humans are the way we are.” ThinkingWayWantFeelsHumansKindLongProblemIdentityStuckTrapped Author:Tim Wu
