Neijuan

JumpCrisscross

Has it been measured? Or is this more of a qualitative critique?

anovikov

"1920s style crisis of overproduction with Chinese characteristics"

jamessb

For context, this article has probably been posted as it is linked to by the "Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?" blog post [1] currently being discussed [2]. [1]: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/ [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229

mark_something

IME, when words like this become common, it allows people to identify them more easily, so it's a good thing to introduce such words.

torginus

What I love about the Chinese is how incredibly aware and self-reflective they are about the wheel of suffering they are building for themselves.

0wis

Definitely a concept that should be diffused and discussed in France, especially in preparation of next elections for which anti-capitalist sentiment is quite high.

ZeroGravitas

This came up a lot recently in regards to competition in the solar and EV spaces. And yet, the competition generated cheap power and transport that was clean and didn't rely on foreign actors. Making life easier for many Chinese people. It felt like the manufacturers had learned too much from western corporate media which is always moaning about competition and horrified at the thought of things getting cheaper if that would affect the sacred next quarter profits.

api

Wow it’s a proper word for software engineering and platform complexity over the last 30 years.

gcanyon

I'm surprised that article doesn't reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen%27s_race

kjshsh123

>When capital owners are driven by competition they must work increasingly more for little or no marginal gain despite falling prices for consumers so price fixing or 'price leadership' becomes impossible. A lot of the people in the comments here seem to miss that this explicitly isn't about workers or feeling overworked and if anything should make the average consumer better off.

tantalor

> Goldenweiser uses Māori decorative art as an example. The development of art was done within the framework of already existing patterns. The final pieces were elaborate and complicated in appearance but fundamentally the same as existing art. Jeez, what an asshole.

tancop

Is there a way to only apply this to corporate profits but not the labor market? A world where production and labor demand is constantly growing but returns stay flat would be a great one.

mikhael28

Neijuan as a word has transcended itself; it now means many different things, to many different people, in many different contexts.

mcphage

This reminds me of Santayana's quote: “Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.”