New economic forms usually revert to established practices rather than fully institutionalizing
Evidence
When it comes to genuine economic mutation, there is always a tension between the new features of the form and its mother ship. A combination of old and new is reconfigured in an unprecedented pattern. Occasionally, the elements of a mutation find the right environment in which to be “selected” for propagation. This is when the new form stands a chance of becoming fully institutionalized and establishes its unique migratory path toward the future. But it’s even more likely that potential mutations meet their fate in “transition failure,” drawn back by the gravitational pull of established practices. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 145
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces ‘transition failure’ as a named concept: the gravitational pull back to established practices that most economic mutations face.
- SEED: Frame for an essay: why promising commercial innovations (like Apple’s advocacy logic) predictably regress to extractive business as usual — the tension between mutation and mother ship.
- XREF: connects to: Cultural change can follow institutional change rather than precede it — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 2237; Public institutional routines change incrementally rather than through wholesale overhauls — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 424; People stretch old frameworks to fit new phenomena rather than abandon them (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- People stretch old frameworks to fit new phenomena rather than abandon them
#corroborates(0.85) - Public institutional routines change incrementally rather than through wholesale overhauls
#corroborates(0.78) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 424 - Cultural change can follow institutional change rather than precede it
#qualifies(0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 2237