Today's A.I. Thing

Thinking takes time, and creates the kind of friction that gets in the way of realizing the goals of the TechBro Plutocrats, because that friction makes it a little harder for them to churn through the enormous volume of little things that large scale operations have to have in order to turn the big profits their business model demands.

IMO, "move fast and break things" grew out of the combination of lightning fast computing times and poor salesmanship:

You have only a couple of paths to reaching your revenue goal.

1. Get a few people to spend big money on your goods and services
2. Get lots of people to spend a little money on your goods and services

Walmart offers lots of stuff at a low price, and they don't have to worry about treating every customer well because the pool of prospective customers is so vast. For every disgruntled shopper, there are 10 or 20 who are willing to put up with Walmart's lack of service in order to get out of the store quickly, thinking they've paid relatively little.

Weirdly - or maybe not so weirdly - the instant gratification of low price is what makes it all so expensive in the long term, because of considerations other than just the money we spend in the store.

Anyway - thinking - how is it done, and what is it good for?

What we're losing is the ability to sit with your problem long enough for your own answer to show up.

It's important to remember

that it's very difficult

to make someone

understand something

when their paycheck depends

on them not understanding it.