Beyond doubt, the technology executives have been thoroughly programmed to think of the marketer's cynical perspective as the only reality of the world. They are entirely surrounded by persons who are also inculcated with the same general culture of salesmanship, and that's been going on for a good while now. I mean, you've at least heard of "Mad Men", or "Death of a Salesman". This is an old American sickness and it's been the subject of some of the best creative works on the planet...and yet it's not solved.

To this day, to this moment, the world is vexed by #marketing. None of the scabrous investigative journalism or the artistic evisceration of the toxicity of marketing culture seems to have slowed down the onslaught. In the #Internet age there's more advertising than ever. We drown in commercials and banner ads. The old-timey "and now a word from our sponsor" style of radio and TV advertisement is back in style, on YouTube and podcasts. Nobody seems to know any other way to do business. Even basic human interactions are now expected to be marketing: one is constantly advised to sell oneself, to advance one's "personal brand", if one hopes to reach any sort of audience.