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A rewrite of the Gartner Hype Cycle. It reads. 1. Innovation Trigger (scored out) and replaced with: Free money/zero interest rate/VC-fueled growth following the enshittification plan 2. Peak of Inflated Expectations (scored out) and replaced with Peak of Enclosure and Shittiness 3. Trough of Disillusionment (scored out) and replaced with Hoped-for Collapse Due To Too Much Enshittification, Pipe Dream of Regulation Enforcement 4. Slope of Enlightenment (scored out) and replaced with Growth of Interoperable Alternatives 5. Plateau of Productivity (scored out) and replaced with Sustainable, Small-Scale Community Plateau of Constant Reinvention

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A rewrite of the Gartner Hype Cycle. It reads. 1. Innovation Trigger (scored out) and replaced with: Free money/zero interest rate/VC-fueled growth following the enshittification plan 2. Peak of Inflated Expectations (scored out) and replaced with Peak of Enclosure and Shittiness 3. Trough of Disillusionment (scored out) and replaced with Hoped-for Collapse Due To Too Much Enshittification, Pipe Dream of Regulation Enforcement 4. Slope of Enlightenment (scored out) and replaced with Growth of Interoperable Alternatives 5. Plateau of Productivity (scored out) and replaced with Sustainable, Small-Scale Community Plateau of Constant Reinvention
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Dan Hon (danhon@dan.mastohon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 11:09:22 JST Dan Hon
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In the newsletter, for funsies, I dashed down a quick enshittified version of the Gartner Hype Cycle:
Here you go, Cory :) @pluralistic
https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e11-substacks-thin-end-of-the-quora-wedge/

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