>>11910634Extremely effective marketing has caused blind consumerism. People have been lead to believe that happiness lies in what you have, not who you are. Marketers now target children and track them as an individual through their life to lead them down the path of consumptive slavery. Like vampires keeping human cattle.
Therapists and psychologists are responsible for kicking insane people back into society, claiming they've been reformed. When really they've just been medicated, shown how to be a manipulative shithead without getting caught, or told that their disorder is not a disorder and they must fight back. (while taking their pills, of course). The industry profits on making society as a whole worse.
Art has been coopted by the marketers. If we're talking about true expression, that's gone down. Getting a job in art or design now means working to manipulate others purposefully towards a commercial goal.
Predictive marketing serves only to prop up the system against any force which would work to remove power from the manipulation class. It makes the agony stable. Competitive gaming is a distraction. Game streamers are the modern reality TV.
Criminal investigation innovation has caused a corruptive interest within law enforcement organizations which lead them to lobbying against our civil rights. Because data is king.
HR does not work for the individual. Their job is to squash dissent and keep the employees blind.
Modern counselling doesn't work. It leads to failure without insight, and often degrades towards therapy and psychiatry.
Education has been coopted by the marketers, and those interested in keeping the status quo.
UI and UX peaked in the early 2000s. Now it's all about dark patterns and such. Making the UI subtly worse to manipulate the user. It's even seen on physical appliances now. Old devices are more usable.
HFE and sports conditioning feed new techniques to the above.
>>11910644We're living in a cyberpunk world within the cool aesthetic.
