Irony
Irony is in the eye of the beholder, inspiring humor and/or contempt. Defining the human condition, happiness is an arithmetic function. It's hard to get an "A" here - we're always searching, hunting, hoping... optimizing . Few mortals have changed the rules and achieved 100% (aka enlightenment). When a technology, product, service, enterprise, or nation delivers irony en masse, it's a shock akin to ice waterboarding. It can come in many forms, but always fails 2-3 trilemma criteria at the system level while purporting to win at a lower level. Irony is the consequence of shooting the engineer and shipping the product; it's unfortunate, but understandable. What's unacceptable is continuous disappointment rather than improvement . Substituting corn based ethanol has higher environmental impact, not lower. Putting incandescent lightbulbs on EVs for a decade is uninspired, made worse on a product that is inferior to t...