The Power of Selling Out (as The Onion takes on TED)

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The Onion Talks brings you The Power of Selling Out: Your Customers as Political Capital - yet another gorgeous take-down of TED talks.
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Nathan Eslinger has spent his career designing cutting-edge websites, like his extremely popular photo sharing platform Ripple. While advertising can produce revenue, Eslinger has found a far more profitable and immediate way to generate income: selling his users' data to oppressive governments.


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