RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116174381733551327

Yup, so looks like Rutger Bregman is an advocate-turned-corporate shill:

> Years ago, Bregman gained popularity for criticizing philanthropy as as a self-serving loophole the rich use to avoid paying taxes, but today his non-profit appears to be openly enticing wealthy philanthropists with promises of tax benefits.

I don't know who's heading up Anthropic's marketing/public relations department, but whoever it is, they know the system very well.

https://open.substack.com/pub/timschwab/p/he-built-a-brand-criticizing-billionaires

The way Anthropic is leveraging the media to its benefit reminds me of that book "Trust Me, I'm Lying" which goes into detail about how easy it is to get stories planted and to get news blogs to spread your lies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Me,_I%27m_Lying

@fromjason every single announcement, paper, and news story that involves them is played up to drive sales, before quietly walking it back and giving the less exciting, more grounded reality. And no one is catching on to it :/