Cargo Culture
A lot of tech stories right now ask you to trust the scale before you understand the product. Billions in GPUs, endless token burn, weird hardware demos, and growth metrics that sound huge until you ask what actually got better.
Cargo-cult AI spending
AI token loops
Financial opacity and cost shifting
SaaS slowdown and monetization rot
VC drift and zombie companies
Product theater and founder mode
The hype loop in tech media
Source:
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At — Cargo Culture
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