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More on the "enshittification" of the real world

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Addison Del Mastro
Feb 03, 2026
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One idea I play with from time to time here at this newsletter is this question of whether “things are getting worse” (for example, here, here, and here). I struggle with whether these various little anecdotes and observations really tell a story of some sort of decline, or not. Or if they tell a story at all, really. I don’t know, which is why I collec…

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