"The purpose of product placement/product integration/branded entertainment," explains Disney in a job posting, "is to give a brand exposure outside of their traditional media buy."
Everyone who works in ad-tech has some justification for why it's ok.
I've never met anyone who can argue successfully against action on climate in an open debate.
Well, since you are being the judge of 'successful,' I'm not surprised you've never seen that. You are no different than most people in that you don't like to lose your own argument.
In the case of climate change, people and politicians are happy to help the environment. You will rarely see a politician who says he wants to hurt the environment.
It's only when you get down to specific propositions that people object. How much are you willing to help the environment? Are you willing to double the price of gas (to decrease demand)? Are you willing to significantly increase your electric bill? The answer to these for most people is no, they aren't.
But if it's just 'doing something', sure, I'm in favor of 'doing something,' as long as it doesn't negatively effect me.
this shocked him so badly that once he freed an entire village from debt just from the small change in his wallet: something like $USD 15 was all it took to pay off a decade of usury.
How long did it take before they were back in debt?
Scientific replication and generalization requires multiple studies of competing hypotheses.
Or better, test your aid to make sure it's actually working. A technique could work in multiple studies of competing hypotheses and still not work later on.
But if you are spending millions of dollars without checking how well it's working, why not?
but you could turn it around the other way and say that fads involving big ideas are hurting science as well
I'm not sure that's relevant. Deworming kids isn't exactly a big idea.
We will never have "real" AI because every time we approach it, someone moves the bar as to what is required.
Artificial bars. The requirement is simple, have a computer that thinks like a human.
You don't even know what algorithm the human brain uses. They didn't in the 80s, either. Figure that out before you complain about bars being moved.
"I am, therefore I am." -- Akira