Dispatch from an advertising future #168

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/5/22611748/bill-gates-epstein-meetings-mistake-foundation-workplace-harassment Here at Majority Reports, we take taking meetings seriously. Our algorithms provide a full background and foreground check on the attendees for your meeting. Our Background Majority Report gives you a full picture by grading attendees for “awareness” and our Foreground Majority Report gives you a full likelihood picture. We check not just what …

Dispatch from an advertising future #167

https://www.engadget.com/bird-community-safety-zones-pilot-181559087.html You’re grounded. No, I’m sorry, it’s for your own good. Rules are rules. You knew what we’d said and you chose to ignore it. Fine. Consequences. One week. We’re not going to lock everything, just your games and social. You can still call and message us – and we can reach you! But, no. …

Dispatch from an advertising future #166

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22608419/whatsapp-view-once-dissapearing-media-launch-testing-sensitive-info It was so good. I mean, really good. It had the look of, you know that film. The one we saw that night last summer… And the music, I’m sure it was them. His voice. It had to be him. But it was a new track. And the twist at the end. I mean, …

Dispatch from an advertising future #165

https://www.ft.com/content/9d56b3da-42e4-4aeb-8aca-3fb5f15f7ce4 It’s an arms race. Me vs their systems. They’re getting better at spotting synthetics, or “adjustments” as I say to my clients. Even as new formats come online – new opportunities for me – they’re picking up the enhancements. I thought VR would prove more of a challenge but, no they’re on it. But …

Dispatch from an advertising future #164

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/vaccine-lies-influencer-army.html We’re so proud. She’s worked so hard for this. We knew the moment we saw her first perform that she had what was needed, something special. Those first films of her, you can see there was something there. She had it. We knew there weren’t the jobs we had. This was her opportunity. True, …

A selection of micro speculations No. 4

What if… I’m not paranoid. Really. It’s there again. Just at the edge. Liminal. Following.  It knows where I’m gong to be. It waits. Hovering. I’m hunted. Personally targeted. I don’t want to buy any…  #speculativefiction https://www.businessinsider.com/killer-drone-hunted-down-human-target-without-being-told-un-2021-5 June 01, 2021 at 09:20AM What if… I’m fluent in over 6m forms of communication. I don’t judge. …