As for Togs Paradox, so for Jevons Paradox. How we use systems is also how we use resources.
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𒀭𒂗𒆠 ENKI ][ethe world is full of technologies whose affordances subtly incentivize particular behaviors. if this were the result of individual creators promoting their personal worldviews, it'd be great. but the worldview being promoted is 'make my boss richer'.
Luka Prin/ce Lucija"This is enshittification: Surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit. From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle."
*by @pluralistic
The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
Ana HevesiSo, why are so many executives and investors overlooking this very basic reality that code produced is code which must be maintained, and that an acceleration of code produced thanks to gen AI means ~more risk~, not just more $$$?
I have friends who are Principal Engineers asking themselves this very question right now.
And in response, I point us to the classic Upton Sinclair quote:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
Matthew DockreyThe amazing thing about daylight savings is that we would rather *mess with the definition of time itself* than give people the freedom and flexibility to start their day an hour earlier or later as they see fit. Problems can only be solved through coercive conformity.
Lady Laura 
Brian McFaddenPlease give me funding, coked up techbros. https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/02/09/new-tech-trends/
Laffy16/ Press:
RK: What next?
Carroll: I was attacked. On Twitter. On FB. It was a new world
RK: What is this?
Carroll: A FB chat, directed to me.
RK: Do you know the author?
Carroll: No. It was June 21, 2019, at 6:09 pm
RK: What is UCT?
Carroll: Universal time code
RK: What is this?
Carroll: A message on FB. The Monday, June 24, 2019
RK: What does this person say?
Carroll: He talked about how ashamed I should be, I made it harder for the true victims of abuse
RK: Did D Trump say that?
Carroll: Yes
Design Thinking! ComicRight! Time to clamber back onto this grindstone. Happy New Year all!
Mike FraserFrankly, I don't care if the "Big Names" of social media bypass Mastodon. What I care about are the poets, sports fans, community activists, academics, nerds, geeks, anime fans, old movie buffs, music fans, philosophers, environmentalists, photographers, bloggers, cat people, dog people, hosers, bloggers, sci-fi freaks, astronomers,biologists, and the marginalized souls that can't find a haven anywhere else. I want authentic egagement with real people.