We’ve moved from an industrial economy to a consumer economy to a service economy to an information economy to what you might call a flagrant-exploitation economy — one in which branding and “storytelling” have replaced advertising and possibly even reality. It’s not just that we’re being sold the sizzle more than the steak. It’s that we’re being sold the sizzle instead of and at the expense of the steak.

What a beautiful paragraph. Kinda points to why I have the bullshit detector ring every time an ad sells and experience and not the product.

Editing to add. Everything about Star Citizen. It is not going to ever be released, aparently and now the fan boys and everyone who got sucked in is starting the denial phase of grief. But hey, they raised 150 mill, so they got that going for them.