The General Theory of Enshittification It isn’t a new phenomenon, but it seems to matter more ......... Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. ......... And the increasingly anti-democratic rage of tech bros is, I’d argue, in part driven by their awareness that people don’t love and admire them the way they used to, and their belief that they should still be the culture heroes they once were. ........... Suppose you run a business whose product, whatever it may be, is subject to network effects: the more people using it, the more attractive it is to other current or potential users. Social media platforms like Facebook or TikTok are the currently obvious examples, but the logic works for services like Uber or physical goods like electric vehicles too. ......... One last point: In my little model, the story doesn’t end with the firm dying. It ends, instead, with stagnation — the monopolist increases prices and/or reduces quality enough that his base stops growing, but not enough to drive it away. For what it’s worth, that appears to be the story so far for Facebook, whose user base has plateaued but not crashed. Twitter is a somewhat different story, but this post is about enshittification, not Nazification.
.......... Like everyone, I miss good service, good prices, and quality entertainment. But a further problem with enshittification is, as I said, that it messes with people’s heads. ......... Now, the guy who ran Facebook when it was a great way to form communities and make friends and find old friends is the same guy who has turned Facebook into a hellscape. There’s very good reason to believe that Mark Zuckerberg was always a creep, and he took investment capital very early on, long before he started fucking up the service. So what gives? Did Zuck get a brain parasite that turned him evil? Did his investors get more demanding in their clamor for dividends? ........... The thing is, the enshittification cycle also messes with the heads of the people running these companies. They were loved when the public imagined, falsely, that they were the good guys. Now they aren’t. And it drives them crazy.
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AI And Robotics Break Capitalism https://t.co/T9UW1sbM0r @EMostaque @PeterDiamandis https://t.co/wKQnZ4llRt Capitalism = Scarcity Economics. AI + Robotics = Abundance Economics.
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At Chequers, PM @narendramodi and PM @Keir_Starmer viewed an exhibition showcasing the strong economic partnership between India and the UK. pic.twitter.com/xxYDZ3p2jQ
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 24, 2025
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 24, 2025
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FOX: I did not hear an answer pic.twitter.com/xNuKCm6vBW
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— Forbes (@Forbes) July 24, 2025
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 24, 2025
@grok Can the UK India trade deal serve as a template for the US India trade talks that seem to be going nowhere? Why? Why not? What are the impediments?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 24, 2025
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Yes, partially, as a template for tariff cuts (e.g., UK's model on EVs/whisky could inspire US goods) and services/IP provisions without hindering India's generics.
— Grok (@grok) July 24, 2025
Why: Shows India's flexibility on market access, potentially speeding stalled US talks via precedents on trade…
One reason @RahmEmanuel that the American dream is unaffordable is because NAFTA hollowed out towns & China was let into the WT0 & allowed to cheat.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 24, 2025
We don't need more of the same platitudes on the economy.
We need a Marshall plan for 21st century America! https://t.co/PgF8AFKnTT
Rahm architected that WTO move. He was at the center of it. But the problem is not trade. The problem is structural inequality, and badly structured trade.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 24, 2025
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Donald Trump wasn’t making much from foreign deals. Then he regained power and set aside the pretense that he cared about ethics. https://t.co/gmOelOW5H1
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"What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before." https://t.co/hIkMxvjCkf
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🚨DEMS PULL UPSET ON EPSTEIN FILES:
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) July 24, 2025
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: In a genius move, House Democrats were able to pass a motion in the GOP-controlled House Oversight subcommittee to subpoena ALL the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Republicans were blindsided because Democrats dropped an 11th-hour… pic.twitter.com/gJtiiWo0Dl
The signing of the India–UK FTA marks the beginning of a new phase in economic cooperation, bringing lower trade barriers, stronger investment flows, and broader market access. Bilateral trade has already grown 160% since 2015, paving the way for deeper integration. pic.twitter.com/43xjDldJHp
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