>This is an important question. This is perhaps the most important question for society to answer today. Attention translates to influence. What people pay attention to influences what they believe. What they buy. How they vote. What they fight for. That’s why autocrats try to control the media. It’s why companies pay billions in advertising.
Good luck. When I have talked to people about advertising in general, I've found that they just don't care. Apparently it is a very special mode of thinking where you consider your own attention valuable, attach anything more than 0 importance or cost to watching a message, worry about getting influenced (people will quickly think you are crazy when you choose this tack)... For sure I have found some people here and there who are sympathetic to this way of thinking, but if you want a wider debate about these sorts of issues I fear the first step is let go of your assumption that you can get people to consider your arguments at all if you'd just explain your reasoning clearly enough.
Good luck. When I have talked to people about advertising in general, I've found that they just don't care. Apparently it is a very special mode of thinking where you consider your own attention valuable, attach anything more than 0 importance or cost to watching a message, worry about getting influenced (people will quickly think you are crazy when you choose this tack)... For sure I have found some people here and there who are sympathetic to this way of thinking, but if you want a wider debate about these sorts of issues I fear the first step is let go of your assumption that you can get people to consider your arguments at all if you'd just explain your reasoning clearly enough.