https://pavelnyvlt.com/ Recent content in Home on Pavel Nyvlt Hugo en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:42:36 +0200 https://pavelnyvlt.com/enshittification/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:42:36 +0200 https://pavelnyvlt.com/enshittification/ <p>Coined by Cory Doctorow, &ldquo;enshittification&rdquo; describes the predictable lifecycle of digital platforms: they start by serving users, then exploit users to serve advertisers, and finally exploit everyone to serve shareholders.^1^ The result is a steady degradation of everything that once made the platform valuable.^2^</p> <p>The American Dialect Society named &ldquo;enshittification&rdquo; its Word of the Year, recognizing a term that captured a universal experience—everything on the internet was suddenly, simultaneously, getting much worse.^3^</p> https://pavelnyvlt.com/enshittification-examples/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:42:36 +0200 https://pavelnyvlt.com/enshittification-examples/ <p><a href="https://pavelnyvlt.com/enshittification/">← Back to Enshittification</a></p> <p>How the pattern repeats across every platform, every industry, every era.</p> <h2 id="amazon-from-everything-store-to-everything-toll-booth">Amazon: From Everything Store to Everything Toll Booth</h2> <h3 id="stage-1-be-nice-to-users">Stage 1: Be Nice to Users</h3> <p>Amazon began as a genuine innovation: an online bookstore that offered lower prices, wider selection, and the convenience of shopping from home. Jeff Bezos famously left Wall Street to pursue a vision where customers would be the center of everything.</p> <p>Prime membership was a steal—free two-day shipping for a flat annual fee. Amazon absorbed the costs because acquiring loyal users was the priority. Reviews were genuine. Prices were transparent. The experience was magical.</p> https://pavelnyvlt.com/trust-philosophy/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:42:36 +0200 https://pavelnyvlt.com/trust-philosophy/ <p><a href="https://pavelnyvlt.com/trust/">← Back to The Value of Trust</a></p> <h2 id="sun-tzu-trust-and-deception-in-warfare">Sun Tzu: Trust and Deception in Warfare</h2> <p>Sun Tzu&rsquo;s <em>The Art of War</em> opens with a paradox: &ldquo;All warfare is based on deception.&rdquo; Yet throughout the text, he emphasizes that trust between commander and troops is the foundation of military success.</p> <p>A commander who cannot be trusted will find his orders ignored, his strategies undermined, his army fractured. Sun Tzu wrote: &ldquo;The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only purpose is to protect the people and serve the sovereign—such a man is the jewel of the kingdom.&rdquo;</p> https://pavelnyvlt.com/trust/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:42:36 +0200 https://pavelnyvlt.com/trust/ <p>Trust is the invisible architecture of human society. Without it, markets collapse, relationships fracture, and institutions crumble. Yet in our digital age, trust has become both more precious and more fragile than ever before.</p> <h2 id="the-foundation-of-cooperation">The Foundation of Cooperation</h2> <p>Every meaningful human interaction rests on a foundation of trust. When you hand money to a stranger for a product you haven&rsquo;t yet seen, you trust. When you share personal information with a service, you trust. When you rely on a platform to connect you with others, you trust.</p> https://pavelnyvlt.com/paradox/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pavelnyvlt.com/paradox/ How enshittification feeds on faith and devours it