The Market Isn't Broken, It's Behaving as Designed
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But if you zoom out, it’s not dysfunction. It’s design.
We’ve built a market that rewards momentum over mastery and visibility over viability. Wrote a breakdown on how this behavioural loop keeps repeating from fintech governance to luxury strategy.
Curious how others here view it: are these cycles inevitable, or do we just keep mistaking speed for progress?