diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 7e0db9855..8e8fa9efb 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ So why become evil, indeed, if you can be good and get away with it? If you know Manichean labels like 'good' (googly) or 'evil' (ungoogly) aside, the question is: why do companies degrade over time? (is [[enshittification]] unavoidable?) -The answer, I believe, is on first approximation relatively straightforward and matches that of [[Asimov's classic: because all systems will tend to degrade with time, as a manifestation of entropy; because of the emergent forces within our social systems that tend to consolidate themselves in hierarchies that risk abusing their positions of power; because things tend not to be, or remain, as good as they seem like they can be. +The answer, I believe, is on first approximation relatively straightforward and matches the topic of [[Asimov]]'s classic [[The Last Question]]: because all systems will tend to degrade with time, as a manifestation of entropy; because of the emergent forces within our social systems that tend to consolidate themselves in hierarchies that risk abusing their positions of power; because things tend not to be, or remain, as good as they seem like they can be. Because of inefficiencies and lack of trust and coordination. Because of [[Moloch]], as some say. If so: it is to help defeat [[Moloch]] and improve human-computer systems that I'm writing this, and that I started building the [[Agora]].