Scale leads to transactionalism.

· Bits and Bobs 2/16/26
  • Scale leads to transactionalism.
    • All optimizing systems turn people into NPCs.
      • They have to be anonymous to you in order to reason about it at scale.
    • The more you don't expect to see the same people again, the more they are an NPC and it's easier to think about them as their transactional role, as opposed to the whole person.
    • This leads to a hollowing out in interactions with other people.