Atomization, the tendency for complex systems to get divided up into as many little pieces as possible—pieces which are falsely treated as if they're largely independent of each other—is endemic to "Western civilization" and it's especially problematical in #technology and software development. The internal hierarchies of massive software companies like Microsoft and Google end up fracturing into a zillion separate domains, with the "cool" stuff getting all the money and attention while "boring" and "dumb" stuff (especially anything to do with the needs of the actual users) gets fobbed off onto the least powerful and most impoverished underlings in the corporate structure.

#Capitalism assists this process of fracturing immensely, for breaking a thing up into two pieces means double the opportunity from the standpoint of a capitalist who cares only about exploiting and profiteering off organizational problems. Multiplying entities (if I may nod towards Occam's Razor) is a good thing in capitalism, because it's possible to collect fees and rent and subscription money off each tiny individual piece of a larger thing that's been atomized.

You know, like Johnny Long Torso, from #MST3K.

https://youtu.be/f3h8S6GA-bo

(cont'd)