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In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and large language models. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich.
Even if stating the seemingly obvious, this article is a good read.
LOL they haven't "forgotten", they just don't care.
They also never knew. They went from being tech nerds dyring a timewhere tech was very expensive and limited to venture capitallists. These were never "normal" people.
This article from the same author is also a great read:
Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie
and reinforces how out of touch these people are from reality due to their lack of intellectual curiosity and the cavalcade of equally vapid sycophants that surrounds them.
Technology exists to serve us, we do not exist to serve technology. That is what silicon valley has fundamentally forgotten, but at the same time, the general population hasn't exactly done itself any favors either...
Silicon Valley effectively monetized fomo, instead of being afraid your attention might stray elsewhere they have convinced you not to pay attention to anything else for fear of missing out.
When Twitter turned to shit EVERYONE should have fucking quit the same day, Facebook has its hooks so fucking deep in our lives that not having it is akin to not having a telephone number ...
Same with new tech. Why do people buy new stuff every one or two years? Because fomo. You can not tell anyone that device that was good enough for you last year is now not fulfilling your needs anymore.
The Juicero was one clear red flag of this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicero
I imagine that the article mentions it
At its most absurd nadir, one is reminded of Juicero, a company that sold a $400 juicer that did the same work as squeezing its proprietary juice packs with one’s bare hands.
It does.
Its easy to forget things you don't give a fuck about
They never cared to begin with
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Not for the archive link, immediately below the original Verge one. :-P
Interesting read
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