Comment by mathattack
2 months ago
I like open questions like this. It forces us to think from first principles, and potentially tackle consequences.
One problem that would come up… It would be very hard to get word out of new (better) products. If you have a great product that doesn’t lend itself to word of mouth, how will anyone know if you can’t advertise?
What does “doesn’t lend itself to word of mouth” mean? Products you can’t speak about?
There are products people are either embarrassed to admit they need (many health care examples) or just don’t want to share for competitive reasons (a better parts supplier, or perhaps even a good SAT tutoring service).