Um gera o outro, que gera o outro, que gera o outro...

Mais um sintoma da construção em curso de Mongo, o Estranhistão!
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Seth Godin acerca da evolução dos nomes próprios na sociedade americana:

"Recent data on naming released by the Social Security Administration puts this into sharp relief. The top 1000 baby names include go-to standards like Zylin, Zymari, Zyrin, Zyrus and Zytaevius. That's not surprising, because, after all, 1,000 names is a lot of names.
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What's surprising is that over the last ten years, the percentage of names that don't fall within the top 1,000 keep rising. That means that more and more people are opting out of the popular naming regime, forging their own path."

O que é que isto tem a ver com as empresas?

"If you're chasing the masses, you're almost certainly heading the wrong direction. The masses are ignoring you. It's the weird who are choosing to pay attention, to seek out what they care about." 

Cada vez mais nichos, cada vez mais segmentos, cada vez menos interesse em apostar no volume puro e duro. Diferenciação, diferenciação, diferenciação, customização, customização e ainda mais customização.
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Ainda ontem no Twitter, alguém (@mattwensing) escrevia:

"Our ideal customer has a willingness to pay at least 60x more than where we started in 2009."

Qual o truque?

"Segment, then segment again." (Moi ici: E eu acrescento mais, "and then, segment again and again")

 Agora conjuguem esta evolução para um mundo em que "we are all weird and proud of it"  com esta evolução tecnológica:

"Prototyping makes sense as an area in which 3D printing can make inroads. To some extent, 3D printing in its current state is characterized by a low set up cost but a relatively high variable cost. Those costs may be high in terms of time instead of dollars. The idea is that if you are going to produce millions and millions of something (like lids for milk jugs), 3D printing is not the way to go. However, that low set up cost makes it attractive for things that are not currently produced in volume."

E comecem a imaginar a escalada simultânea, a espiral de variedade criada com o jogo entre os gostos e a capacidade de os satisfazer: um gera o outro; que gera o outro; que gera o outro; ...
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A crise é também uma manifestação do atraso com que as mentes, as instituições, os poderes, os incumbentes, ainda não se adaptaram a Mongo, continuam a pensar à moda antiga, com as receitas antigas, com o fito na massa, no volume.
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Trecho final retirado de "How is additive manufacturing adding value?"