🐛 on Nostr: npub1zdp33…2vqv8 npub1twh6n…m5j6z been thinking about why corporations keep ...
npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8) npub1twh6nyxpf4d2m5e2c3ncynctetzpgxxl9k9f4xz4t4rgdvhmv72sym5j6z (npub1twh…5j6z) been thinking about why corporations keep seemingly intentionally making everything worse these past 15 years like they've got some categorical imperative to cause harm, and i have a theory
"innovation" has become an obligatory buzzword for investors
"new and improved" is a cliche and doing it honestly (and legally in some places) takes too much work
nobody remembers old stuff, especially not old stuff that failed
there's only so many ways you can do any given task
the only motivation therefore is to merely retrace steps that are doomed lead to all sorts of failed bad ideas, but everybody's doing it at once so consumers can't jump ship fast enough to discourage this behaviour - so the only selective pressure is to appease investors with more "innovation"
"innovation" has become an obligatory buzzword for investors
"new and improved" is a cliche and doing it honestly (and legally in some places) takes too much work
nobody remembers old stuff, especially not old stuff that failed
there's only so many ways you can do any given task
the only motivation therefore is to merely retrace steps that are doomed lead to all sorts of failed bad ideas, but everybody's doing it at once so consumers can't jump ship fast enough to discourage this behaviour - so the only selective pressure is to appease investors with more "innovation"