[secede] -- adblockplus
Privacy Badger (discussed in another post) strikes at the heart of the internet data harvesting machine. AdBlockPlus provides symptom relief.
Advertisements degrade our culture and our minds. In a world increasingly permeated by ads, only particularly loud and obnoxious ones stand out. This "race to the bottom", in which advertisements become ever more hyperactive and idiotic, destroys subtlety of thought and shortens attention spans. It is instructive to watch commercials from the 1950s and compare them to contemporary pieces.
We become what we consume. A single 30 second ad may not seem to have much of an effect, but scores of intrusions throughout the day accumulate into a devastating drain on our mental lives. To ascend beyond the level of mere animal reaction, we must have silence. AdBlockPlus gives us this gift.