Reading this article reminded me of Aesop’s fable: “Belling the cat” aka “Who will bell the cat?'”.
Yes, make advertising illegal but:
- Who will do it?
- How will he/she/they do it?
- What will they gain from stopping it?
- Won’t people find an alternative way to keep advertising?
- Won’t this create a black market?
It takes a lot of work to answer these questions and come up with a serious answer. And because it’s hard work, not many people do it.
As interesting as some of these articles look like, beneath the hype induced title and blinding appeals to emotion, they are genuinely devoid of substance.
For anyone with the interest in critical thinking, please check out this article from Farnham Street titled: The Work Required to Have an Opinion: