I always envy when US Based university can have any kind of school clubs, when on 3rd world country, you need approval from the directorate and they can ban the establishment without further notice.
Planed obsolescence will keep working for everyone. It will only economically rewarding(?, probably useful) on mission critical appliances, and I don't think this will end on consumer market :/ (look at light bulb)
> Omar’s circumstances are not unusual: many countries operate a research culture that expects researchers to publish frequently to secure their career in science.
I agree with this, and as we see the bubble keep growing, and the risk getting higher, default is everywhere.
We can see in South East asia it doesn't end well, KoinWorks/Lunaria, eFishery, Investree (even the founder can make another scam in Middle East), Crowdee, Akseleran, etc...
They called Unicorn, where in west we see Klarna, Afterpay, etc..
it's taking money, never generate right revenue, scamming million of people hard earning salary, just for VC doing their bubble pump and burst..
Also probably something else like personal data, will be able to set rule to reject based on country and residence when transacting.