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Doesn't this mainly have to do with capitalism and a sort of "tragedy of the commons"? Why do supermarkets look so dull, boring and not at all aesthetically ple
by sktrdie 4y ago
Doesn't this mainly have to do with capitalism and a sort of "tragedy of the commons"? Why do supermarkets look so dull, boring and not at all aesthetically pleasing? Because they're super optimized for selling to the majority of customers. And for the majority of costumers probably aesthetics is not that important.
I find this very clear also in European architecture of the ~1600. Some of the buildings all over Italy, Germany and England are these gorgeous pieces of art that would probably never have been built if the formula was "optimize the hell out of this so we can make short term profit".