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We've Optimized Fragility, Failure, Denial, And... Rage
We've Optimized Fragility, Failure, Denial, And... Rage
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
What happens when optimization is itself the point of failure?
In today's zeitgeist, everything must be optimized or we'll fail: our time, productivity, fitness, diet, supplements, career, income, wealth--everything must be constantly optimized lest we fall behind or fail.
The grand irony is optimization generates fragility which generates failure which generates denial which eventually generates rage. We've optimized global supply chains for efficiency and cost, rendering them exquisitely vulnerable to disruption and collapse. We've optimized the global economy for "growth"...
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