A Boring Dystopia

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Wendy’s Wants to Start Uber-like Surge Pricing in 2025 (gizmodo.com)

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[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

I had a recent project where we made eLearning courses for an MBA program and this is right on the money. They throw around concepts like "consumer surplus", which basically means "consumers haven't been bled dry for every penny they have", they'll do anything to get that last dollar.