I think this is one of the key frustrations I have with modern software development, change for the sake of change. I feel as though many products degrade over time and as a user I’m generally quite hesitant to upgrade anything if I don’t have to.
Like, it's not good enough to have a quality product that generates a sustainable revenue stream year after year. You have to "grow" because companies don't really do dividends anymore, they want a constant increase in stock prices, product be damned.
We’re propping up the wealth of a generation that has no idea how anything works, but they got there first so of course they are now the de facto deciders of our agency.
Many a study have been attempted to quantify what character qualities or technologies boost productivity. Their model becomes so nebulous no reasonable conclusions can be made.
But now of course computers learning helps us untangle that web and low and behold the same economic winners emerged! Wow!