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I bet there are also a good number of paid shills among those. If you look at how much money goes into the tech it's not too far-fetched to invest a tiny fraction of that in human "agents" to push the narrative. The endless repetition will produce some believers, even if the story is a complete lie.

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Not necessarily paid shills, but it's a good way to get a promotions, and then when it will be revealed that it doesn't actually work, they got the promotion already and will jump on the next hype to get the next promotion.

don't forget the useful idiots.

In tech we seem to have a tendency to believe people are rational and behave predictably, but the truth is there are still truly just a ton of useful idiots even in software and other "high intelligence" areas

I don't exclude them and they have already been covered by my parent comment.

this is true -- the 'believers'

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