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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
512 points JSLegendDev | 1 comments | 12 May 25 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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RainyDayTmrw ◴[13 May 25 05:10 UTC] No.43969783[source]▶
We've somehow built extremely fragile systems. Technological, yes, but not only technological. Also social, economical, and structural. Somehow, our systems can no longer absorb even slight shocks.

Then, when the job market contracts by what would otherwise be 5 or 10 percent, all hell breaks loose, and there's an enormous chain reaction.

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BriggyDwiggs42 ◴[14 May 25 07:10 UTC] No.43981722[source]▶
I like this answer. Any theories on what caused the shift?
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1. RainyDayTmrw ◴[15 May 25 04:07 UTC] No.43991758[source]▶
Misguided efficiency, perhaps. Good systems have slack to absorb variance. Squeeze out too much slack, and the next big shock takes down the whole system.

Add to that incentive misalignment rewarding the wrong type of efficiency, perhaps.