Billboards could be seen as a driver&#x27;s safety issue as well as landscaping goals, but what about resumes?  Or web pages?<p>Advertising is a fundamental social skill.  You advertise yourself to others when you dress up in the morning, so you&#x27;re seen as superior compared to the slob that doesn&#x27;t dress up.  (or do you go out naked?  who knows..)  You post here to advertise your ideas.<p>None of these are free.  All this marketing you do costs you one way or another.  And you doing too much of some kind of promotion could be seen as excessive pollution.<p>Really, the only people that complain about advertising are people that are terrible at it.  Everybody advertises in one form or another.<p>I think the opposite should be taught:  how to be a better marketer.  Everybody should know how to market properly, since everybody does it, but the vast majority just aren&#x27;t good at it.<p>Always be closing.