Cynical - Software

That software will not grow as fast in the short term. But it will earn something rarer than growth: trust. And in a digital economy drowning in cynicism, trust is the only true moat.

Every morning, you wake up and reach for your phone. You swipe through a half-dozen notifications. You tap an icon, and the software opens. It greets you. cynical software

Cynical software manufactures apathy. Here is the cruel irony. Software developers are not inherently evil. Most engineers want to build elegant, honest systems. But they work in organizations driven by metrics like Monthly Active Users (MAU) and Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). That software will not grow as fast in the short term