rantfile

Pattern recognition and unfiltered insights.

  • The Enshittification Economy: How Infinite Growth Destroyed Products and Created Disruption Opportunities

    September 8, 2025 · 15 min

    Airlines generate $7.27 billion from baggage fees alone. Streaming services fragmented into 100+ platforms costing more than cable. Private equity-owned companies are 10 times more likely to go bankrupt. This is how the relentless pursuit of growth degraded customer experience across industries—and why simple alternatives are winning.

    #enshittification#private-equity#product-degradation#customer-satisfaction#business-disruption#corporate-greed#monopolies#fee-economy#software-subscriptions#airline-industry#streaming-services
  • The Antisocial Recovery Program: A 90-Day Blueprint to Quit Your Content Addiction and Get Your Life Back

    August 31, 2025 · 35 min

    So you read Part 1 and thought, 'Fuck, that's me. Now what?' This isn't feel-good fluff. This is a 90-day program with exact steps to break out of the digital opium den and rebuild a real social life.

    #digital-addiction#social-media#mental-health#recovery#social-skills#loneliness#self-improvement#digital-detox
  • Content Is Our Generation's Opium Den

    August 31, 2025 · 12 min

    We're using endless content like digital morphine to dull the pain of being lonely as hell. It's become our generation's opium den, a cheap high to escape the gnawing isolation that no one wants to talk about.

    #social-media#loneliness#digital-addiction#technology#mental-health#society#connection#isolation
  • Tech Titans Turn to Atoms as AI Breaks the Grid

    August 28, 2025 · 12 min

    Big Tech companies are building nuclear power plants not because they care about the planet, but because their AI data centers have literally run out of electricity. The grid capacity crisis has become so severe that tech giants with a combined market value of $18 trillion are bypassing traditional utilities entirely.

    #technology#nuclear-energy#ai#climate-change#energy#infrastructure
  • We're Three Drinks Away From Digital Prohibition

    August 27, 2025 · 7 min read

    We're Three Drinks Away From Digital Prohibition Remember that friend who checks their phone mid-conversation? The one who can't sit through dinner without scro...

    #social-media#prohibition#regulation#technology#history#addiction#policy