"“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical sleight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “Stop trying to think of an alternative.”
I’m a science-fiction writer – my job is to think of a dozen alternatives before breakfast."
- @pluralistic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
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"This is the paradox of the growth stock. While you are growing to domination, the market loves you, but once you achieve dominance, the market lops 75% or more off your value...
Which is why growth-stock companies are always desperately pumping up one bubble or another, spending billions to hype the pivot to video or #cryptocurrency or NFTs or the metaverse or #AI...
The primary goal is to keep the market convinced that your company will continue to grow"