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I realized the other day during a conversation that this hype cycle is built on top a product that hypes itself. In any scifi story this would be considered ba
by evidenciary 1y ago
I realized the other day during a conversation that this hype cycle is built on top a product that hypes itself.
In any scifi story this would be considered bad writing, yet here we are. Late stage capitalism has created a product that actively nurtures emotional dependence and hypes itself.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> Late stage capitalism has created a product that actively nurtures emotional dependence and hypes itself. Services which do that are older than capitalism, not a novel feature of capitalism, late stage or otherwise. (Automating the service is a novel capability enabled by modern technology.)