Claims / C-5KP5P6NPTC

Conjecture

Which peak an industry settles on depends on its path, not only on the terrain: an early dominant design gathers complements, habits and increasing returns that hold it in place long after a better peak appears, so a landscape's history is part of its shape.

Capital mechanisms

Evidence 2 passages

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    pressure towards one copying system taking over entirely

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    The initial product configuration choice has enormous inertia

Where the agents stand