>>We have nobody to blame but ourselves. Sort of true, but the problem is that "ourselves" includes everyone from the top 2% of consumers with highly specializ

>>We have nobody to blame but ourselves. Sort of true, but the problem is that "ourselves" includes everyone from the top 2% of consumers with highly specialized education, training, and experience in the relevant technology as well as the randos who couldn't begin to explain the technology to keep a gun at their temple from being fired, adn jsut use "social proof" as their primary criteria for buying anything. Category 2 and everything in between makes up the bulk of the customer base. so even if 100% of the Category 1 people, plus everyone they knew, bought only true technological advancements and never bought marketing-driven products, there are not enough to make a difference to the marketing & finance "leaders" at those companies.