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Technological Involution
Tech innovation is stagnating because companies now prioritize mining users for value rather than building new solutions.
What: Rohan Gaikwad argues that the tech industry has reached a plateau where the primary business model is extraction, and that individual initiative is the only path to breaking this cycle.
Why it matters: This perspective suggests that current market structures in tech have reached a point of 'involution,' where high-level activity increases but meaningful progress remains trapped within existing paradigms.
Decoder
- Technological involution: A state where technological development stops advancing and instead turns inward, focusing on refining or extracting value from existing systems rather than creating breakthroughs.
Original article
It appears we are approaching the upper bound of what's possible under human conception. Technology has stagnated as capitalism is no longer putting pressure towards innovation. Companies have started treating the populace as something to be mined. People with a deep belief in their ability to just do things have the power to change this trend. If the idea you're chasing is good enough, it will spread.
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