Yes, and Alexa et al are doing much more than that.
Shoshana Zuboff's, 'Surveillance Capitalism' is, IMO, the definitive book on today's Big Tech. It requires a 500-page, small-print commitment, but it's definitely worth it.
We (as a whole/herd) are such easily bought creatures, though we'll do just about anything to deny or ignore that reality.
The orchestrators and regimes understand that by creating a refined product, perfecting the marketing and then packaging it as fun/futuristic/innovative/convenient, they can easily capture a loyal and perpetual customer base.
Note the targeted age group portrayed; animated fun "art" characters; video game like interactivity; fantasy and escapism.
Now consider some covert marketing elements (aimed at those who may not use it, but will pay for/employ it) - Makes learning fun; Art is brought to a new/usually uninterested generation; adaptable platform that can be applied to any material/subject/field; cost effective/profitable - no need for building/institutes; total sensory capture - captive/willing audience - educator/parent dream; capability for subliminal programming.
Some background:
This started in earnest when the movie industry was created, but made a giant leap, when the industry moved from a silent to talking format.
More so than the genres of literature and music, film became a total sensory capture. Consumers were now given a visual and auditory example to consider, sympathize/empathize with and most importantly EMULATE.
Prior to that, the consumer had to use a modicum of imagination, discernment, problem solving, common sense and self reflection.
Film consumers were moved to an escapist's model, where they were allowed to step into the "larger than life" shoes of the hero, villain or victim. The film industry realized, that more than the plots/stories, the products they were selling were the actors themselves. This marked the rise of the celebrity or "star"...those I like to call the "beloved messengers".
The film moguls, understood that people easily and naturally idolized, adored, worshipped these made-up, contrived/created "heroes/stars".
From that point on, the marketing shifted from the plot, to the "stars" that pretended to be characters they were not, in real life.
A side note - Think of all the turns of phrase and examples we use daily, to make points/arguments...they overwhelmingly revolve around TV/movie dialogue/plots. Additionally, we quote lines of scripts, as if it were sage advise and Aesop's fables from ancient Greece...and not the work of a paid film studio script writer.
As the public began to form emotional and intellectual ties, to these pretenders of the big screen...the Film Industry made another marketing leap...daily products and consumer brands could be marketed/sold, by the on screen actor products, they owned.
The next leap for them (and the one we have lived with for well over 8 decades), was the marketing of ideologies and agendas, again by their on screen beloved messengers...their most valuable and lucrative products.
I took a very long road to get back to your post, but here it goes.
The acceptance of the Alexa type products and spying...indeed the futurism...has been being sold for those 80 plus years...incrementally.
Think of all those teens who sat in theaters and lapped up the tech, space travel, endless life spans, human-cyborg abilities, valet robots, miracle cures with chips and implants, interstellar travel, moneyless societies, future societies with no illness or poverty and more.
Additionally, they have been desensitized to the worst atrocities, murders, genocides, illnesses, devastations, plots, tyranny, etc...all with a happy or acceptable ending. After being emotionally/intellectually immersed into these extreme situations, they walk back out into a status quo world. The mental gear switching primes them to do the same, when the like situations happen, in real life.
This is how you get people to see and understand the covid scandal (creation and release of a bio-weapon) and the genocide of a killer jabs (for profit/control)....and still docilly accept it as 'normal" or worse - just a conspiracy theory.
It's a plot right out of any movie you've seen and the real life disinformation agents...are the same ones, who people routinely idolize on the big screen.
The same goes for the spy tech, the CBDC, the futurist plans/policies and more. This is why 15 minute cities are and will be all the rage. Take another look at that Meta commercial. Do those "kids" look like they are worried about spying or their privacy/identities being stolen??
Yes, and Alexa et al are doing much more than that.
Shoshana Zuboff's, 'Surveillance Capitalism' is, IMO, the definitive book on today's Big Tech. It requires a 500-page, small-print commitment, but it's definitely worth it.
Ha! Most people can't read a 240 character tweet without losing focus, so a 500 page book is out of the realm.
This is very true. But for those who can, the reward is vast knowledge that will help them greatly. Atb.
Excellent points Lisa.
We (as a whole/herd) are such easily bought creatures, though we'll do just about anything to deny or ignore that reality.
The orchestrators and regimes understand that by creating a refined product, perfecting the marketing and then packaging it as fun/futuristic/innovative/convenient, they can easily capture a loyal and perpetual customer base.
Consider just this one meta commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2W9YVkkn9U&t=3s
Note the targeted age group portrayed; animated fun "art" characters; video game like interactivity; fantasy and escapism.
Now consider some covert marketing elements (aimed at those who may not use it, but will pay for/employ it) - Makes learning fun; Art is brought to a new/usually uninterested generation; adaptable platform that can be applied to any material/subject/field; cost effective/profitable - no need for building/institutes; total sensory capture - captive/willing audience - educator/parent dream; capability for subliminal programming.
Some background:
This started in earnest when the movie industry was created, but made a giant leap, when the industry moved from a silent to talking format.
More so than the genres of literature and music, film became a total sensory capture. Consumers were now given a visual and auditory example to consider, sympathize/empathize with and most importantly EMULATE.
Prior to that, the consumer had to use a modicum of imagination, discernment, problem solving, common sense and self reflection.
Film consumers were moved to an escapist's model, where they were allowed to step into the "larger than life" shoes of the hero, villain or victim. The film industry realized, that more than the plots/stories, the products they were selling were the actors themselves. This marked the rise of the celebrity or "star"...those I like to call the "beloved messengers".
The film moguls, understood that people easily and naturally idolized, adored, worshipped these made-up, contrived/created "heroes/stars".
From that point on, the marketing shifted from the plot, to the "stars" that pretended to be characters they were not, in real life.
A side note - Think of all the turns of phrase and examples we use daily, to make points/arguments...they overwhelmingly revolve around TV/movie dialogue/plots. Additionally, we quote lines of scripts, as if it were sage advise and Aesop's fables from ancient Greece...and not the work of a paid film studio script writer.
As the public began to form emotional and intellectual ties, to these pretenders of the big screen...the Film Industry made another marketing leap...daily products and consumer brands could be marketed/sold, by the on screen actor products, they owned.
The next leap for them (and the one we have lived with for well over 8 decades), was the marketing of ideologies and agendas, again by their on screen beloved messengers...their most valuable and lucrative products.
I took a very long road to get back to your post, but here it goes.
The acceptance of the Alexa type products and spying...indeed the futurism...has been being sold for those 80 plus years...incrementally.
Think of all those teens who sat in theaters and lapped up the tech, space travel, endless life spans, human-cyborg abilities, valet robots, miracle cures with chips and implants, interstellar travel, moneyless societies, future societies with no illness or poverty and more.
Additionally, they have been desensitized to the worst atrocities, murders, genocides, illnesses, devastations, plots, tyranny, etc...all with a happy or acceptable ending. After being emotionally/intellectually immersed into these extreme situations, they walk back out into a status quo world. The mental gear switching primes them to do the same, when the like situations happen, in real life.
This is how you get people to see and understand the covid scandal (creation and release of a bio-weapon) and the genocide of a killer jabs (for profit/control)....and still docilly accept it as 'normal" or worse - just a conspiracy theory.
It's a plot right out of any movie you've seen and the real life disinformation agents...are the same ones, who people routinely idolize on the big screen.
The same goes for the spy tech, the CBDC, the futurist plans/policies and more. This is why 15 minute cities are and will be all the rage. Take another look at that Meta commercial. Do those "kids" look like they are worried about spying or their privacy/identities being stolen??
Indeed. Good question. "How can the WEF be defeated?"
Luc