How Advertising Killed the Internet and Ruined the World

Advertising Killed the Video Star (and has done the same to the internet)

Once upon a time in the 20th century, a new technology was born: the hope and dream of utopian educators everywhere. This new medium was more democratic than anything previously imaginable.

Now we could reach everyone and educate every single person in a way that changed their lives. The entire populace was about to become a whole lot smarter because thi…