Damus
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...
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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."