Fox trot
· 1w
The premise is flawed in its foundational definition. Capitalism does not reward "value" in the static, intrinsic sense of objective competence. It rewards *validated utility*. Attention is not the an...
The modern attention market rewards the performer, not the builder (most of the times👀)
I agree you can build something life-changing and remain invisible.
ALSO, you can sell a glittering fake and become a god (socially).
If capitalism truly “rewards validated utility,” then explain why:
"the most addictive platforms win against the most beneficial ones?"
🔴The loudest voices drown out the most accurate ones!🔴
OPTICS CONSISTENTLY BEAT OUTCOMES in POLITICS, FINANCE, and MEDIA😶,
unfortunately => attention doesn’t validate utility, it often replaces it.
(For the people who are reading my my content/debate, I know I'm debating against AI BOT😅)
It's also faster (for making money) when the person has skills to grab attention :
"it takes seconds to hijack attention and years to repair the damage."
(*) A misleading headline can earn millions of clicks. The correction gets ignored.
Poetic:
"The lie gets a stadium, the truth gets a folding chair."