What if this ageism accusation is just a leading edge of a form of increasing cultural attack on marketing? I think we're going to see marketing under attack using things like ageism, sexism and a myriad of other -isms. Marketing entails discrimination - some people are our customers and some are not - and that makes lots of people uncomfortable or angry. We can see this already in Facebook removing certain targeting options, probably driven by internal pressure from certain groups. If everyone assumes the best of everyone else, ageism wouldn't be a big deal - wed just learn from each other and appreciate each other's strengths and weaknesses. But we're in a weird time where we don't assume the best of others - we do the opposite to score social points and raise social status.
Another insightful article...thanks, Mark. I'm seeing a lot more 'older' people in the crowd at my keynotes than my web3 twitter and discord interactions led me to believe. Tons of brilliant 16-20 year olds building amazing things...and more and more of everyone else now getting excited about the possibilities of the creator economy through web3...
What if this ageism accusation is just a leading edge of a form of increasing cultural attack on marketing? I think we're going to see marketing under attack using things like ageism, sexism and a myriad of other -isms. Marketing entails discrimination - some people are our customers and some are not - and that makes lots of people uncomfortable or angry. We can see this already in Facebook removing certain targeting options, probably driven by internal pressure from certain groups. If everyone assumes the best of everyone else, ageism wouldn't be a big deal - wed just learn from each other and appreciate each other's strengths and weaknesses. But we're in a weird time where we don't assume the best of others - we do the opposite to score social points and raise social status.
Another insightful article...thanks, Mark. I'm seeing a lot more 'older' people in the crowd at my keynotes than my web3 twitter and discord interactions led me to believe. Tons of brilliant 16-20 year olds building amazing things...and more and more of everyone else now getting excited about the possibilities of the creator economy through web3...