Enshittification and its Incentives

How our economy is built to suck, and what we might be able to do about it

I decided to pay attention to the feeling that everything sucks. I don’t remember when I started to notice it—but I’m betting that you know what I mean. Your annual physical lasts ten minutes. The new season of Big Brother won’t load on Paramount+. Uber and Lyft prices are inexplicably higher and cars show up later than promised. X is filled with bots a…