cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/48123523
Delta has a long-term strategy to boost its profitability by moving away from set fares and toward individualized pricing using AI. The pilot program, which uses AI for 3% of fares, has so far been “amazingly favorable,” the airline said. Privacy advocates fear this will lead to price-gouging, with one consumer advocate comparing the tactic to “hacking our brains.”
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was USA’s hegemony.
But did Rome fuck itself up the way USA is doing now?
Yes. Yes it did. In the age of Caesar. That was when consolidation of wealth destroyed democracy. The prosperity that followed was largely due to the momentum that had developed previously. It was limited by communications in particular. Ultimately the consolidation of wealth lead to all of that wealth abandoning Italy for the Dardanelles in the long run. The wealthy are the biggest traitors.
Exploitation is nominal because of inherited wealth. Inherited wealth is not meritocratic. Business acumen is not hereditary. The grossly incompetent turn to exploitation as their only form of reliable investment. Without a meritorious societal structure in place, stagnation recession and collapse are the future.
Nice. I guess it’s true what they say about not learning from history.