The Hidden Costs of Enshittifcation
Two curious developments have happened over the past few decades. Whether we’re talking about cars driving themselves, phones outperforming yesterday’s supercomputers, or A.I. writing code, technology has gotten astonishingly sophisticated.
Yet somehow, many of the products of advanced modern technology are shabbier than ever.
That is the contradiction at the heart of a recent video essay by Quincy Sandbank, who uses a lovingly restored 1991 Mercedes to epitomize the last time manufacturers competed on permanence.
Read the full post on Substack.
Learn to reclaim your dignity and have fun while you’re at it.
